8 causes of lumps in the breast, not always cancer

KOMPAS.com – When you find a lump in the breastwomen are often anxious and it feels so uneasy.

One concern when there is a lump in one of these sensitive areas is cancer. The anxiety is not excessive.

Because, breast cancer is a health scourge in Indonesia because it is one of the most common types of cancer.

Read also: Early to Late Stages of Breast Cancer

According to Data Global Cancer Observatory (Globocan) from the World Health Organization (WHO), in 2020 the number of breast cancer cases in Indonesia reached 68,858 cases.

The number of breast cancer reports reached 16.6 percent of the total 396,914 new cases of cancer in Indonesia.

Although not infrequently cause anxiety, but actually most of the lump in breast benign, not breast cancer. Here are some of the causes.

Causes of lumps in the breast

The cause of the appearance of a lump in the breast can be due to hormonal changes, infection, to cancer. Reported from Verywell Healthhere are some of them:

A breast cyst is a benign, fluid-filled sac in the breast tissue.

About 50 percent of women aged 30 years and over have breast cysts known as fibrocystic cysts.

The cause of breast cysts is usually due to increased levels of the hormone estrogen and decreased levels of the hormone progesterone in the body.

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