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Can immovable lumps in the breast always mean cancer?

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Dr. Carlos Encarnacion answered

Specializes in Medical Oncology

No: Always and never are words we seldom use in medicine. That said, any suspicious lumps should be evaluated and women should faithfully get their age and risk-appropriate screening tests (like mammograms). Better be safe than sorry. Oh, and go steelers.

Dr Paudel agreed

Answered 8/15/2020

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