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Can a lump be cancerous under the skin if it's been unchanged for years?
4 doctors weighed in across 2 answers
Extremely rare: By definition a malignant lesion even if slow growing has continuous mutations ongoing At one point some of the cells will produce matrix metalloproteinase which breaks down the cellular , large e-cadherins producing small e-cadherins which result in progression of cells on to the metastatic state. 2 years of dormancy with no growth would be extremely rare and bx or excision required.
Answered 1/5/2019
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Very unlikely: Show it to your physician at your next routine office visit
Answered 7/6/2015
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