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How long after getting breast cancer will a person start to notice the symptoms?
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VERY variable.: It is said that, on average, it takes 5 yrs for a breast cancer to become palpable. However, every cancer has it's own growth rate & generalizations like this are meaningless. The fact is that most women develop no symptoms until the cancer has grown quite large--cancer has a way of "flying under the radar". Best bet: yearly mammograms beginning at 40 to find the cancers before symptoms develop.
Answered 12/9/2013
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