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Can A Lump On The Breast Be Potentially Cancerous?
i have been referred to a breast clinic i have a small lump in my breast doctor has said it's sinister there is a thickening and a lump that shouldn't be there can you have a rough ideal whether a lump could potentionally be cancerous just by the feel of it
Tue, 1 Apr 2014
lump in the breast is more suggestive of cancer if tumor is large, very hard when examined, family history of breast cancer or ovarian cancer in the family, more than 50years, mammogram with reported as BIRADS 4 or 5 and biopsy if it is more suspicious clinially
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