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How is breast cancer discovered?

Updated: 8/19/2019
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The first indication of cancer is the discovery of a lump in the breast, found either by themselves in a monthly self-exam or by a partner or by a mammogram, a special x ray of the breast that looks for anomalies in the breast.

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