Question

breast cancer?????????????
i have this hard lump, like right were the breast starts down to the nipple. it kind of feels like an implant sorta, but its like hard muscle, and i think it runs in my family. is it breast cancer? and the nipple has like a soft blueish dot and it, i've had it for a while though.
Posted 10 months ago in Breast Cancer by Anonymous

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GymMoon
Get yourself to a doctor girl. NOW
Geekstrength
Nobody can know for sure on just how you describe it. you need to tell someone or go see a doctor. If you feel a Little bit uncomfortable with that, just wait a while and if it grows or changes colour, TELL SOMEBODY!
MantleTexter
Your other question shows that you're a young teenager. That means your risk of breast cancer is statistically ZERO. Unless you're 15 or over, in which case it's one in one million, which is less than half your risk of being struck by lightning (careful out there!) Breasts are pretty lumpy, bumpy things - and even in women old enough for breast cancer, mosy breast lumps aren't cancer. Talk to your mother about this s that she can reassure you. Oh and by the way, if you're doing breast self examination, stop. - they will tell you nothing and worry you unnecessarily. ALL responsible and reputable cancer advice organisations, including the American Cancer Society, advise that the very youngest a woman should begin breast self exams is 20, and many cancer professionals say 30. Before that it's pointless; firstly because there are so many hormonal changes that there is no 'normal' - and self examination is about a woman knowing what's normal for her and reporting any changes. And secondly because the chance of breast cancer is almost nil.


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