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Travis: Well yesterday’s show you may remember was all about the top 10 complains that Dr. Lisa hear from women and we promised you number one, well here it is from Leanisha in L.A.
Leanisha: When I was 16, I started noticing lumps in my breast. I later developed two cysts that kept growing so I had to have them removed.
They were benign but I was concerned because the doctors said they could come back. My breast were still fibrous but more so after having a baby and breastfeeding.
I’m wondering, is there any way to tell the difference between a cyst and a tumor?
Lisa: Well this is one of the number one questions I get asked and this is what we got asked on our top list. A tumor is any benign mass and a cyst is a sack filled with fluid. So what happens --
Male: A cancer could be a tumor too.
Lisa: A cancer could be a tumor but it can also be benign. It’s just a mass, an overgrowth. And we can’t tell when a patient comes in with really true, defined cyst or fibrocystic breast if that’s benign or cancerous because you really cannot be 100% sure until you take fluid out or you take tissue out. A fibroadenoma is going to be a solid type of tumor whereas a fibrocyst is going to be a cystic or fluid-filled type of tumor.
So when we stick a needle in there, it will either draw back fluid or will draw back tissue.
Male: The important thing is that you’re getting your breast examined by yourself and somebody else who knows your fibrocystic breast, feel it and if something changes, that if you feel something that’s bigger than the last exam, that’s when you need to take a look at it.
Lisa: It’s knowing your breast. Again, you cannot know your body enough.
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