In this Article

• What are causes of breast lumps?
• Infections that cause breast lumps
• Injuries that cause breast lumps
• Non-cancerous growths that cause breast lumps
• Symptoms of breast cancer
• What determines breast cancer risk?
• How are breast lumps evaluated?
• How can a woman be certain that a lump is not cancer?
• How are breast lumps treated?
• Breast Lumps At A Glance
• Patient Discussions: Breast Lumps In Women - How Was Diagnosis Established
• Breast Lumps In Women Glossary
• Breast Lumps In Women Index

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.

Previous contributing medical author: Carolyn J. Crandall, MD

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