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Kiwi1222 is worried for myself and my mom right now

08/09/08

Can a lump found 9 mos after a clean mammogram be cancerous? is 9 mos early detection?

My mother called crying yesterday saying that yesterday at the Dr. they found a lump.  When I in town during thanksgiving she had a clear mammmogram.  She is trying to get an ultrasound appt asap but we're obviously hoping its nothing(hoping its a benign lump as my childhood friend had a…

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