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What Could Be The Shadow Showed In The Mammogram?
ive been to the hospital and had a mammgram which showed a shadow ive also had a biopsy which they said that they didnt have enough tissue so in due to go for another biopsy in 2 weeks im so worried.im 49 yrs old my mums had breast cancer what can this shadow be
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Fri, 14 Mar 2014
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Wed, 30 Jul 2014
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Since your mammogram is showing a shadow and and your mum also had breast cancer history i would suggest u do re biopsy from the space occupying lesion to rule out malignancy.
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DR De
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DR De
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