Any age: When a mass is found, it will be biosied either by needle or by cutting into the tissue and taking a sample for pathology. There's no other way to make the call. Good luck.
Answered 12/1/2012
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See below: Most breast cancer occurs after age 40. Overall lifetime risk of breast cancer is about 12%. Breast cancer risks slowly increase with increasing age. Best diagnostic tests are physical examination with your doctor, yearly mammogram after age 40, sometimes breast ultrasound, maybe breast MRI in very high risk patients.
Answered 6/10/2014
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Biopsies: The risk of developing breast cancer increases with age. Diagnostic procedures are tests performing to develop a diagnosis. For example a biopsy is a diagnostic procedure.
Answered 9/12/2014
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