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How can a doctor tell the difference between a cyst or cancer under the arm?

Q: how can a doctor tell the difference between a cyst or cancer under the arm?

: It need taking health history, physical examination, imaging studies and may be removal of the lesion for examination by a pathologist.

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Dr. Gurmukh Singh answered

It need taking health history, physical examination, imaging studies and may be removal of the lesion for examination by a pathologist.

Answered 5/23/2022

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How can a doctor tell the difference between a cyst or cancer under the arm?

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