By Tracy Thomas
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Breast Cancer – Just saying the term out loud makes women
cringe with good reason. More than
250,000 women are expected to be diagnosed with breast cancer this year. More than 40,000 deaths were caused by breast
cancer in 2015 alone. With those
sobering statistics in mind, it’s obvious that early detection is the best
defense against this scourge.
Breast cancer is caused by unregulated cell growth that most
commonly presents as a small lump. The
good news is that not all lumps are cancerous.
Lumps that are painful, moveable and soft are usually benign, while
those that are painless, hard and fixed are more likely to be cancerous. Detection of a lump isn’t a reason to
panic. Most lumps are not caused by
cancer. Fluid filled cysts and
non-cancerous tumors can form in the breasts.
