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Q: Lumps in the breast and breast cancer

asked by: DoctorQuestion on February 5th, 2009

should I be concerned about the lump, I was speaking with a friend who said I should give it a week to go away, it doesn't seem to be getting smaller, before seeing a doctor (the men in his family have a history of breast cancer)

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Dr. Goce Aleksovski , MD

replied on February 6th, 2009

Breast Cancer Answer A5695

List of family related illnesses: Uncle: colon cancer Mother: diabetes Grand Parents: Heart disease Sister: Ovarian Cysts
Current medical status: A 7mm buldge 8cm bellow his left nipple, raising above the skin by 1-2mm the buldge is tougher then the tissue surrounding it and is not painful to the touch slight discoloration of the skin where the buldge is the buldge is an oblique shape buldge was first noticed three to four weeks ago

The origin of the lump can not be told without further examination. The family history of breast cancer in men indicates that the examination should be done. You might want to visit your family doctor, who might refer you to a thoracic surgeon. A biopsy of the lump or a complete removal followed by microscopic examination might be recommended.

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