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Is Blood Discharge From Breast A Sign Of Breast Cancer?

My 86 year old mother told me today she had a drop of blood come out of her nipple. She squeezed it and another drop came out. She has no personal history of breast cancer, lumps of any kind, nor a family history. Also, she had a mammogram about 3 months ago which was normal (as have been mammograms throughout her entire life.) She currently has a cold and she feels it is related to an infection "in her system." I told her that's not good enough of an explanation and she needs to call her gynecologist immediately, which she's going to do today. Is this blood a sign of breast cancer?
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yes, you should not neglect the symptoms and she requires clinical examination as well as mammogram to rule out presence of cancer
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Is Blood Discharge From Breast A Sign Of Breast Cancer?

yes, you should not neglect the symptoms and she requires clinical examination as well as mammogram to rule out presence of cancer