Breast pain can be due to many possible causes. Most likely breast
pain is from hormonal fluctuations from menstruation, pregnancy,
puberty, menopause, and breastfeeding. Breast pain can also be
associated with fibrocystic breast disease, but it is a very
unusual symptom of breast cancer.
Review Date: 01/24/2011
Reviewed By: Debra G. Wechter, MD, FACS, General Surgery practice specializing
in breast cancer, Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle,
Washington. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical
Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.
A.D.A.M., Inc. is accredited by URAC, also known as the American Accreditation HealthCare Commission (www.urac.org)
