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A form of breast cancer affecting the nipple and dark circle of skin around it.

Paget's disease of the breast is a form of breast cancer affecting the nipple and dark circle of skin around it, called the areola. Most people with it have underlying ductal breast cancer.

Nipple or areola flaking, scaling, crusting, oozing, itching and discharge are symptoms.

Treatment may include surgery, radiation, chemotherapy and hormone therapy.