Are All Breast Lumps Cancerous?

Kerri: My name is Kerri from Dayton, Ohio. My question is are all breast lumps cancerous?

Steve Edge: Kerri, that's a really important question, because actually most breast lumps are not cancerous. Particularly, young women who develop a breast lump, it might be a non-cancerous lump called a fibroadenoma. It may just be their normal breast tissue that's cycling through their menstrual period.

There are a number of other non-cancerous lumps and in fact, the large majority of breast lumps are not cancerous. On the other hand, if a woman develops a lump, she ought to consult her doctor. She may need to get appropriate imaging studies mammograms and ultrasounds and sometimes requires a biopsy to determine if the lump is cancer.


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