Breast Lumps
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Breast lumps facts 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, as well as genetic and other risk factors. The only 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.
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This video presents facts about breast lumps, which can be caused by infections, injuries, non-cancerous growths and cancer. It covers that breast cancer usually causes no pain in the breast, that symptoms can include painless lumps, nipple discharge and inflammation of the breast skin, that whether a lump could be cancerous depends on history, examination and risk factors, and that tissue sampling by biopsy is the only way to be certain a lump is not cancerous.
Key points
- Breast lumps can be caused by infections, injuries, non-cancerous growths and cancer
- Breast cancer usually causes no pain in the breast
- Symptoms covered include painless lumps, nipple discharge and inflammation of the breast skin
- Cancer risk for a lump depends on medical history, physical examination and other risk factors
- Biopsy tissue sampling is presented as the only way to be certain a lump is not cancerous
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This video presents “Breast Lumps” — Breast lumps facts 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. Whether you are preparing for a procedure, studying the technique, or learning how a condition is assessed, the recording shows the process as it is performed in practice.
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