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Does Lump On The Armpit Mean Cancer?

I have a weird question that i need to ask, i will try to make this quick for you. I am from canada so hopefully you are it may make things easier for us. I DO NOT have cancer, i just want to know who does have them and is able to use them. Please excuse my paraphrasing. 1. If i have a lump on my arm, and i want to know if it is cancerous, but i do not want assistance, where can i go to be tested for cancer, to basically just watch it s progress. Or who can i go see, who has the equipment to do so,( Are regular physicians allowed to preform those tests, if not who is.) I have a more serious reason to ask this but i just don t want to go wait in line for 5 hours at my local hospital i need somebody easier to see
posted on Mon, 13 Oct 2014
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Simple lump in armpit can be a lymph node /gland which can enlarge either due to infection or TB or cancer as you are suspecting. Age of patient, size and speed of growth of lump can suggest need of testslike fine needle aspiration cytology. You need to see a surgeon for this. But not all armpit lumps are cancer for sure.
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Does Lump On The Armpit Mean Cancer?

Hi Welcome to hcm Simple lump in armpit can be a lymph node /gland which can enlarge either due to infection or TB or cancer as you are suspecting. Age of patient, size and speed of growth of lump can suggest need of testslike fine needle aspiration cytology. You need to see a surgeon for this. But not all armpit lumps are cancer for sure. Regards