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Glossary for Fibrocystic breasts

  • Breast Cancer: Cancer of the breast.
  • Breast lump: Any type of lump in the breast
  • Breast pain: Pain in or near the breasts (mastodynia)
  • Cyclical mastalgia:
  • Fibroadenoma: Benign tumor containing fibrous tissues and glands (common in breasts)
  • Inflammatory breast cancer: Inflammatory breast cancer is a rare and aggressive form of invasive breast cancer, where the skin of the breast becomes red, inflamed and pitted in appearance.
  • Mastalgia: Generalized breast pain or tenderness
  • Obesity: An increase in the body weight greater than that required for normal function that is characterised by the accumulation of excessive fat
  • Tenderness: The occurrence of the sensation of pain


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