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Is it possible to get skin cancer on the breast and have it become a lump in your breast?

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Yes, but: A skin cancer on the breast left to grow might invade down into the breast and become a breast lump, but the usual skin cancers appear on the surface and can be removed well before they make a significant deep mass.

Answered 11/24/2013

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A member asked:

Is it possible to get skin cancer on the breast and have it become a lump in your breast?

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Dr. Douglas Miller answered

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