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Is it possible to get breast cancer even if you don't feel a lump?
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Absolutely yes: Small early breast cancers will have no breast lump or pain. They are only detected with yearly physical examination & mammograms. Screening mammograms after age 40 are done to look for small early breast lesions. Sometimes breast ultrasound or MRI is also used. Best to find tumors when they are small.
Answered 6/10/2014
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Yes: A lump is felt only when the breast cancer is obvious. Mammograms will detect breast cancers which are smaller and only detected or confirmed with a biopsy. That is why scrrening for breast cancer is best done with annual mammograms.
Answered 3/20/2013
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