 Hello, I am Dr. Poonam Patil working as medical oncologist in Manipal Hospital here in Bangalore. Many times breast cancer is diagnosed in early stage only through mammograms. So it is regular mammogram which will detect breast cancer in an early stage and it may be asymptomatic at that time which the breast cancer presents. There are other symptoms as well noted such as discharge from the nipple there may be distortion of the shape of the breast the breast may be enlarged there may be a change of the texture of the skin the skin may be thickened like an orange peel or a little red or swollen there could be unintentional weight loss sometimes sometimes there are nodes seen in the armpit also