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Breast Cancer
Alternate Names : Cancer - Breast
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Breast Lump Removal - Series: Indications
Today's Top News Stories | • | FDA Approves New Drug for Severe Epilepsy - Nov 21, 2008, 16:00
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Early detection of a breast lump is very important to a patient's prognosis (probable outcome). Most breast lumps are not diagnosed at the doctor's office, they are detected by women who give themselves breast self-examinations at home. Any breast lump that persists beyond a few days must be reported to a physician.
In some cases, a needle aspiration of a breast lump can be performed. If the tissue obtained is clearly not cancerous, if no blood was seen on the aspirate, and if the lump disappears after aspiration and does not recur, physicians will often simply observe patients.
Otherwise, the breast lump must be removed surgically to determine if cancer is present.
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- Female Breast
- Needle Biopsy of the Breast
- Open Biopsy of the Breast
- Breast Self-Exam
- Breast Self-Exam
- Breast Self-Exam
- Mammary Gland
- Sentinel Node Biopsy
- Breast Lump Removal - Series
- Normal anatomy
- Indications
- Procedure
- Aftercare
- Mastectomy - Series
- Normal anatomy
- Procedure 1
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• Definition
• Breast Cancer Overview, Causes, & Risk Factors
• Breast Cancer Symptoms & Signs
• Breast Cancer Prevention
• Breast Cancer Diagnosis & Tests
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• Breast Cancer Complications
• Breast Cancer Support Groups
• Calling Your Health Care Provider
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