Difference between breast cancer and fibroadenomas

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Roselyne178
Roselyne178 Member Posts: 1
edited March 2015 in Benign Breast Conditions

I am 23years old and I have multiple breast lumps that tend to be painful when my period is close...I have been like this since I was 20years...I have sought doctors advise but they call it fibroadenomas but am scared they could turn to cancer since at times they are easily visible to the human eye even without a microscope despite having gone for surgery early last year...And they are hard too and mobile..Is this normal???

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  • Lolis197138
    Lolis197138 Member Posts: 512
    edited March 2015

    Hi,

    Fibroadenoma do not turn into cancer. I had one in my mid 20s and it continued to be remain benign.

    Have you had a biopsy done to confirm the nature of the lump and have you had u/s on the lumps? If you have and they have been identified as fibroadenoma, worry not as they don't turn into cancer. You could have yearly ultrasounds to monitor them (that's what I did).

    In my situation I could notice the difference between the fibroadenoma and the cancerous lump when I touched them. 


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