How likely is it cancer?
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Could be a fibroid, which isn't cancer. Further testing will reveal what it might be. She might have to have a biopsy. This is when they go in...possibly by a broncoscopy (camera down the trachea and into the lungs)...view the area of concern and snip a piece of tissue and then send it out for testing. The pathologist will determine if it's cancerous.\n\nBest wishes.
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Here's a nice list:\n\nhttp://www.moonlightsys.com/themoon/cancers.html\n\nI hope my daughter is on it someday, she's a proud Cancer, born July 22, 1998!
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Yes, if there are factors that can trigger cancer.  I will give you an example:  the island municipality of Vieques, Puerto Rico has a high cancer rate.\n\n"After pressure from the people of Vieques, the U.S. Navy left the island of Vieques in Puerto Rico on May, 2003, after more than 60 years of use as a testing ground. The U.S. Navy came to Vieques in 1941, taking jurisdiction of about 70% (27,000 of the island's 33,000 acres) of Vieques, which it was used as a training area (target practice with live ammunition and war games). As a result, Vieques has inherited a legacy of toxic pollution. In May of 1999, the U.S. Navy admitted that it had tested radioactive depleted uranium shells in the island. Many in the island blame the high cancer rate (26 percent over Puerto Rico's average) on the Navy's pollution."
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Suspected carcinogens.
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Cancer in many ways is related to ones length of exposure to carcinogens, the time needed for mutinogenic changes to occur or be detectable and if you live long enough for a cancer to show symtoms of cancer.  All of these factores favor higher cancer rates as one grows older, however many increasing rates of certain caners today are occuring in younger populations.\n\nThere are amny arguments to exactly why this is occuring, but an aging population isn't a factor if cancers in younger people are increasing.  The most common factors cited are poor western diets, exposure to more toxins, increasing UV exposure, our lyfestyle choices among many others.  So eat that crappy broccoli, excersise regularly and never smoke, drink, go outside, or breath unless you  absolutly have to to minamize possible exposure to any thing cancerous.  It just that easy..............not!
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i heard it was cancer
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There's a lot of studies that say it causes cancer.  Personally I think everything causes or is said to cause cancer so why worry about it.
976106
Could have mouth cancer.\n\nCoach
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For more knowledge on cancer check the link below
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there is a very good chance that it could be cancer, but keep your faith in god, and he will help you threw.
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Your chances of developing breast cancer increase as you get older. The disease rarely affects women younger than 25 years of age, whereas close to 80 percent of breast cancers occur in women older than age 50. At age 40, you have a one in 252 chance of developing breast cancer. By age 85, your chance is one in eight.
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Brest cancer!!! Unless she recently had a baby but it doesn't sound like it from your description.
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Yes at any age you can get cancer.
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I know you are anxious about what the lump is. The mere mention of cancer by anyone (doctor, nurse, friend, stranger) scares the hell out of people, and only causes more anxiety, especially when it would be an EXTREMELY rare occurance. \n\nThe best thing I can tell you is to wait for the result from YOUR child's doctor. I know that does not answer your question, but it's probably the most useful answer you'll find on this website. I know you want as much information as possible, as any good mother would. But please, don't torture yourself.
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100% have cancer. It all hinges on your definition.
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Its probably safe, assuming everything is resolved, however I would ask your oncologist to be sure. There are too many variables for this to be a general question. I promise you it won't be anything your doctor hasnt heard before,so don't be embaressed to ask!
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Well, you'd have to get a biopsy to actually tell weather it were cancer or not. Even if we were knowledgeable enough to give you the chances, we don't have any tissue or cells to test! Have her Go get a biopsy done, then talk to her doctor, and get a second opinion if it appears to be malignant. \n\nIF SHE DOES NOT GO, then she does not know, people on the Internet can't tell you.\n\nEven if it is a malignant tumor, treatment options today are better than they have ever been, and survival rates have shot up. Best not to panic (especially if you don't have to)