How do doctors calculate my risk of cancer, like breast cancer?

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Are there any alternatives to chemotherapy for breast cancer after a mastectomy?

Chemotherapy is an adjuvant treatment modalty aimed to reduce the overall risk of cancer recurrence. The benefit and need for chemotherapy can vary from patient to patient depending on the stage of cancer, cancer biology, patient baseline health status and relative age of the patient. Stage 3 breast cancers will generally benefit from chemotherapy and omitting it may lead to a high chance of recurrence. Depending on tumour biology and one of which is what we call the receptor status of the tumour ,will dictate if the patient is suitable for endocrine treatment (tablets).

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Is the small lump in my breast cancer?

At your age with no personal or family history to suspect hereditary breast cancer (e. g. BRCA gene mutations that can be passed from parent to child) the chances of your lump being cancerous is really not very high. That said, any breast lump should be checked by a doctor to be certain. Besides a physical examination, imaging of the lump will be performed to better inform us if the lump needs to be removed. A needle biopsy (sampling of tissue from the lump) may also be offered. Most experienced breast surgeons would not suggest that all lumps need to be removed.

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