Breast Lumps In Women (cont.)

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Breast Lumps At A Glance

  • Breast lumps can be caused by infections, injuries, non-cancerous growths, and cancer.
  • Breast cancer usually causes no pain in the breast. The symptoms of breast cancer include painless breast lumps, nipple discharge, and inflammation of the skin of the breast.
  • The chances that a particular breast lump could be cancerous depends on many factors, including past medical history, physical examination, and genetic and other risk factors.
  • There only one way to be certain that a lump is not cancerous is to have a tissue sampling (biopsy). There are several ways to do the biopsy. The treatment of a breast lump depends on its cause.

REFERENCES:

American Cancer Society. Non-cancerous breast conditions.

National Cancer Institute. Breast cancer.


Reviewed by William C. Shiel Jr., MD, FACP, FACR on 11/21/2011

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