Breast Cancer:Risks and Symptoms

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Breast Cancer

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  3. Breast Cancer Tests
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  6. What You May Be Feeling
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  8. Drugs and Side Effects
  9. Your Body Image
  10. Metastatic Breast Cancer
  11. Life After Breast Cancer
  12. Survivor Stories

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She Found a Lump in Her Breast That Didn't Show Up on Tests

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"I wasn't sure if I was being a hypochondriac" (1:56)
It turned out Megan had an aggressive form of breast cancer that she was lucky to find so early.

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Not even an ultrasound could pick up the tiny lump that Megan felt at the edge of her breast. Her gynecologist thought it was just a cyst. It was sheer persistence that solved this riddle.