I have had this little lump in my breast for months.. it hasn't grown and it's not painful.. but it isn't going away. I never went to my doctor because I thought if it was cancer I would know it and there is nothing to worry about. Should I be worried?
2007-09-01 03:08:55 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Cancer
It depends on the Grade of Cancer. Grade in Cancer means the rate at which the cancerous cells get multiplied. If the grade is lower it takes lot of time to develop. Grade one breast cancer may be existing and will show up only when it is reaches Stage III or so. Only grade III or IV cancers develop fast and show up early. Even certain cancers does not show up in the testing and screening also.
Screening involves the evaluation of women who have no symptoms or signs of a breast problem, so when the screening mammogram leads to the evaluation, the patient has no symptoms and may not have any abnormality on examination of the breast. Mammography has been very helpful in detecting breast cancer that one cannot identify on physical examination. However, 10%–13% of breast cancer does not show up on mammography, and a similar number of patients with breast cancer have an abnormal mammogram and a normal physical examination. These figures emphasize the need for examination as part of the screening process.
So women should be watchful of any lumps in breast by self testing regularly and report if anything is found abnormal.-
2007-09-01 04:40:06 · answer #1 · answered by Jayaraman 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In young adults the ONLY symptom may be an odd lump or bump located on the body. In the early stages cancer is asymptomatic . . you will not have any pain or any symptoms . . that is why it is so deadly. By the time you do experience any symptoms than the cancer is advanced.
No one here can really tell you what this little lump is on your breast. You need to be clinically examined . . probably immediately. The good news is that it hasn't grown and if it is malignant it can be removed quickly . . the bad news is that if this is cancer there could be more undetected lumps making treatment more difficult . . so, even if this is a benign growth you need to be examined to find out exactly what you are dealing with.
My son was in high school, athletic, never been sick a day in his life and within a few months he suddenly had a rare abdominal sarcoma. We had no warning whatsoever. He had had a complete physical in December and by March he had multiple tumors and advanced cancer. His disease doubled in two months. He was working weekends, playing basketball, and going to school a few weeks before diagnosis. No one expected it.
Go to a doctor. Do not wait.
Best to you. I hope it turns out benign.
2007-09-01 03:50:08 · answer #2 · answered by Panda 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Do go and have this checked out. It may not be cancerous at all but if it is then the sooner the treatment the better. Caught early many women with breast cancer do very well and are alive and well many years on. Breast cancer is not painful until very advanced. It is a good sign it is not growing but do go.
I had breast cancer - doing quite well 3 years on.
2007-09-01 04:00:10 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why wait? Get it checked. It turned out my cancer was a slow growing cancer and had started 11 years before. If I knew that there was something there (I didn't feel it), I could have dealt with it at an earlier stage. The earlier it is, the better. I had no pain. The tumor just came forward from how I was sleeping. That is when I called to get it taken care of. I had mammograms, but it didn't show on them. It was at the base of my breast.
2007-09-02 03:12:09 · answer #4 · answered by Simmi 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I did what you're doing. I put off going to the doctor for months. The excuse I gave myself was that my lump was painful - it's widely accepted that cancerous breast lumps aren't painful; they can be, though they're not usually. Anyway, by the time I got it looked at it was a stage 111 grade 111 tumour with 13 lymph nodes affected.
Most breast lumps aren't malignant and yours may well not be; I hope it isn't. But you won't know unless you get it checked out. Please go to your doctor on Monday. Good luck.
2007-09-01 03:29:09 · answer #5 · answered by lo_mcg 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you may never develop symptoms till it's too late! A girl I work with had stage 4 breast cancer when it was discovered- she had NO symptoms
2007-09-01 03:16:48 · answer #6 · answered by all4equines 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A lump is a sign = symptom. Go to your doctor.
2007-09-01 03:28:15 · answer #7 · answered by thinkingtime 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋