Breast Lumps and Cancer

Question: Breast Lumps and Cancer

Answer: Not all breast lumps are cancerous. In fact, only 20% of lumps found are malignant. The only way to tell for sure is through a mammogram or breast biopsy. There are some benign breast lumps that can increase a woman's risk factor for developing breast cancer.

_{Created on 12/19/2005
Source: The American Cancer Society. Breast Cancer Overview. http://www.cancer.org/docroot/CRI/content/CRI_2_2_1X_What_is_breast_cancer_5.asp?sitearea=CRI}