Are All Breast Lumps Cancerous? Understanding Benign vs. Malignant

Are all breast lumps cancerous? What is the difference between benign and malignant lumps? What should you expect in the case of a breast lump? In this video, Dr. Jennifer Griggs explains everything you need to know about benign and malignant breast lumps and their association to breast cancer.

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[LoveLiveCruise]

Thankyou again for another informative video. I’m a midwife and breast cancer survivor. My patients are always asking me about lumps that come up in their arm pits as their milk comes in. I give them general reassurance that this is usually breast tissue, and will resolve by itself. Let your O&G know about it and follow up if it doesn’t resolve in a couple of weeks. I’m going to suggest my patients watch this video as it explains normal lumps so well.

[faithbaker]

I just found your site. I am 61 and found a lump in my right breast. I saw my family Dr and she found a smaller one in my left breast. One is 1 oclock position and the other one is 7 oclock.. I have an appointment 9/4/24 for mammogram and ultrasound. My mother had breast cancer 25 years ago but I don’t know what kind or stage. She had a double mastectomy. I imagine back then she didn’t have near the choices we do. I don’t know how things will go next week but I just needed to read up on things. I saw how horrible her body looked post op and to say it looked like they butchered her is putting it mildly. I have watched multiple videos so far and your is the first one I understood and gave me the information that I need now. Most have so many big words and I would quickly click to the next because i didnt need all that right now. i do need information on how to deal with something that is probably nothing more than two benign lumps but that if it end up being cancer I can get more information. not a diagnosis but more information that I can understand. i will check your other videos so that I can understand what’s being said and if they are not just lumps I might know alittle more than I did before and that I won’t have to go through a surgery that just looks like they carved her with a meat cleaver. I have options more than she ever did.

[ViharshithaGarithra]

I have multiple breast cyst but I believe in Jesus. God healed me and got normal reports. Thanks Jesus

[justcomment]

Many thanks, Dr. Griggs, for this useful video! I had left mastectomy with reconstruction and lymph nodes removed in November 2022, followed by radiation and now on medication treatment (verzenio, estrogen suppressant). There was a 3mm growth in the right breast at the time of diagnosis (MRI in August 2022), some 1 week before surgery the doctors recommended to biopsy this growth, which I refused because at that point it was too much for me. In March this year the MRI indicated that growth wasn't detectable anymore. In June the MRI indicated an enlarged 1, 3mm lymph node in the right breast, that 3mm growth and additional tiny growths next to it. A control MRI is recommended in January. I am Check-2 positive. Also in January we will need to decide about possible corrections of the left breast (I have slight capsule fibrosis which might need surgical removal) and what to do with the right breast. Considering the Check-2 mutation and increased risk of breast cancer, left mastectomy and the constantly changing situation in the right breast, at this time I lean towards right mastectomy to eliminate the risk of cancer in the right breast and save my life in the long run. I do understand that you don't give medical advice, but what else do I need to consider to help me make my decision on the right breast? Thank you!

[JoyinthisDarkness]

I just turned 60 and found a lump in my left breast near the nipple. The NP felt it immediately. I have a diagnostic mammogram and ultrasound on Friday. I feel like this is most likely cancer. 😢 Oh my nipple has also been retracted for about 18 months but only thing noted back then was focal asymmetry which I feel was a huge clue!!!

[gezellesaldo]

It is really helpful and very informative. Thank you Dr. Griggs.🥰

[AmamataAyiwole]

Please am 38years old and have lumb in my breast for the past fifty years when I visit the hospital the me is not cancerous I allow it last year October breast cancer day went for screening yet nothing good was said. I really need a test that will ensure me it will one day not grow into cancer thank

[bunny]

I felt a lump in my breast in 2019 and had my doctor check it and was told that’s it’s normal and nothing to worry about and i still have it but it hasn’t really changed shape or size but I feel like it gets a little bigger during my periods. I am 19 now and sometimes I just get scared. I have no family history or anything. It’s all fine right?

[nemangkonyak]

Sometimes very painful that mass solid lump in areola region in left breast . Its a dangerous dctr

[paigemckelvey]

A timely video as I am going for an ultrasound this week for a lump. i am wondering if there are still changes in the breast tissues in someone who has already been through menopause. Say for example, monthly as one would have changes before menopause. Thank you

[martin.garciaMhelz]

Very impormative thanks for sharing..im having a birads 4b maam but still afraid to take. A biopsy i want to hear if i have too...😢🙏

[parvathybalachandran]

Constant pain in both breasts in non cyclic period.i took painkillers but not gone...can you reply me pls

[xixithehighpriestess-]

Thank you so much for this video, I'm new here, I am very much concerned about the lumps in my, especially left breast. They have always been there and enlarge mostly before my periods and reduce after that but this time around they are a bit concerning because they have reduced after menstruation yes but they are a weird. I'm so nervous and afraid. I don't know why it's concerning this time around when I've been like this for up to ten years

[rajnandinic]

Hey I'm having a small lump under my areolar region it have clear edges and firm and hard lump and painful as well.. I'm only 15.

[venusserafico]

Can a breast cancer can be seen in breast MRI?

[HareKrishna]

Does having mastectomy instead of lumpectomy, reduce the chances of cancer recurrence??

[navyjohnes]

Thank you, great content; straight and to the point.
I have been getting a pimple near my areola since the 90”s. All my mammograms have been perfect to date.
One strange thing I have noticed is that whenever I eat dairy products the pimple increases.
Recently, i slept in a tight bra for a few nights… the pimple increased to the size of a quarter coin. It appears that there is fluid that needs to drain…
It appears that it is now reduced to about the size of a dime…
I do have a medical scheduled.

Has anyone ever experienced anything like this? I know what it could possibly be. Thanks.

[dorthymitchell]

Do you get surgery to remove a lump in your lymph nodes that's
not cancerous?

[ChristianaMondeye-qvxn]

Am 20 ma'am and I have this ball like thing on top my breast and i noticed it since i was in grade 11 or 9 and I didn't really put too much thought to it but I noticed it got a bigger but the funny part is that i don't feel pain and I don't know if it's a benign 😢

[ankitajaiswal]

Hey doctor kindly reply me did multiple coarse calcified foci with Fibroadenoma is abnormal?