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What Is Recommended Treatment Duration For Femara For Early Breast Cancer?
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Your doctor will ask about factors that increase your risk of breast cancer, especially a family history of the illness. He or she also will look for the symptoms described above, including a lump or thickening in the breast, nipple inversion or discharge, swelling or changes in breast contour, redness or dimpling of breast skin, and enlarged lymph nodes in the armpit.
If your doctor discovers a lump in your breast during a physical examination or your screening mammogram detects an...
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