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I Have Sore Breast And My Lower Back Hurts. I Am Also Spotting. Does This Have Anything To Do With Pregnancy
Article updated and reviewed by Jennifer A. Ligibel, MD, Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Dana-Farber
Cancer is a disease characterized by the uncontrolled growth of abnormal cells.
Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women and affects approximately one out of every eight women in the U.S.
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