Breast Cancer Risk
The great majority of breast cancer cases do not present with symptoms of pain. Some epidemiological investigations suggest that women with symptoms of breast pain may have an increased risk of subsequently developing breast cancer and risk increases with duration of symptoms. This is consistent with the observation that a few special subtypes of fibrocystic breast changes exhibit increased breast cancer risk – see breast cancer risk of fibrocystic breast changes.
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