March 9, 2010 — A review in the March 1 issue of the Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ) describes an "in-office" approach for immediate evaluation of women who present to their family ...

A breast lump is a swelling or bump in the breast that many people find scary, but most lumps are not cancerous. They can be caused by harmless conditions like cysts, infections, or changes in ...

Finding a lump in your breast is a fast route to stress city. What with all the scary breast cancer stats out there—like how 1 in 8 women will develop the disease over the course of her lifetime, or ...

Finding a lump during your regular boob check is bound to freak you out a little, especially as breast cancer is the most common form of the disease in the UK. But, to restore peace of mind, Dr ...

This past spring an annual mammogram found a lump in Jade Barton’s breast, and she was diagnosed with stage 1 invasive ductal cancer. When she met with doctors at Huntsman Cancer Institute, she ...

A man found a pea-sized lump in the middle of his chest but doctors said he shouldn't be worried. Four years passed, the lump was removed, and he was diagnosed with stage three breast cancer. The main ...

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: A mammogram showed a lump in my breast, and my doctor said it's benign breast disease. I'm glad it's not cancer, but I'm still worried. What does this mean? Does it increase my risk ...

A cancer caught as a small, localised tumour is a fundamentally different disease from one that has already metastasised.

Plus, key factors that increase your risk.