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Thickening of breast tissue cause for alarm?
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Maybe: Or maybe not. Need much more information. Breast thickening that you feel? That a doctor's exam feels? Seen on a mammogram? All breast changes or concerns need full evaluation with a doctor ; a mammogram.
Answered 3/5/2018
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