Thursday, April 12, 2012

can there be a disease where a lump in the breast is formed but it isnt breast cancer


can there be a disease where a lump in the breast is formed but it isnt breast cancer?
well, my friend said that she had a lump in the breast and that she's going for surgery, but she says that it isnt breast cancer :/ So can anyone tell me the name of such a disease?
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I have one, and mine is just a cyst.
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Fibroadenomas of the breast are small, solid, rubbery, noncancerous, harmless lumps composed of fibrous and glandular tissue. Because breast cancer can also appear as a lump, doctors usually recommend a tissue sample (biopsy) to rule out cancer. Unlike typical lumps from breast cancer, fibroadenomas are easy to move, with clearly defined edges. There are also other types of non cancerous breast lumps.Fibroids are the most common



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