A patient ’s view on cancer surprises this physician
I had an upsetting encounter the other day with a 22-year-old woman, who mentioned (secondary to the purpose of the visit) that she was pretty sure she had breast cancer.
Why did she think that?
She’d found a lump in her breast.
(Somewhat unusually for the specific setting, she let me do a breast exam. All I felt was a small area of lumpy breast tissue, possibly a fibroadenoma at worst. Of course, I would recommend ultrasound and possibly excision, but I wasn’t acting in the capacity of her primary care physician.)
Had she seen a doctor about it?
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