乳癌(breast cancer),中醫病名,屬癌類病類,因情志內傷,沖任失調,氣滯痰瘀互結乳腺所致。臨床以發生於乳房的占位性病變,觸之堅硬,高低不平,推之不移,患處皮膚呈桔皮樣改變,病久腫塊破潰,溢出膿血,疼痛日增,明顯消瘦等為特徵的乳房癌病。[1]