Making The Diagnosis: Breast Cancer
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Making the Diagnosis
Some of the same types of exams are used when screening shows a possible abnormality or when a woman has a symptom, such as a breast lump.
Usually more than one exam is needed to diagnose breast cancer. No one method is completely reliable. Biopsy, in which some of the suspicious tissue is removed and examined under a microscope, is the most definitive test.
| Last updated: | April 23, 2007 |
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