For: women who have had breast cancer or know something about it ...

For: women who have had breast cancer or know something about it?

For: women who have had breast cancer or know something about it?
I am 21 years old but need to get checked every 6 months for breast cancer via ultrasound. My left breast is unusually full of benign cysts. What I am wondering is if breasts that have a predisposition to cysts will run a high risk of turning malignant. Feel free to include any stories.

Answer by Sara S
my mom does the same thing and she has to go get them checked every so often and they haven?t so far

Answer by Moxie
It sounds like you have mammary displasia. You have benign cysts. They do not increase your risk of getting breast cancer. They do however, scare you, because you have no idea whether they are cancer or not. What I did, because I had this problem at your age, is I got a baseline mammogram done at 20 yrs old. I was checked yearly, Now that i am over 50 and cancer free is ever year I see a breast specialist who does a breast self exam and 6 months later I get a mammogram yearly, that way I am checked every 6 months. I had one big scare and a biopsy but it was clean.
I believe you will be okay. Find good doctors and a good mammogram place, preferably a hospital and get checked regularly. I know it is a bother, but if you are checked regularly and if anything abnormal is found they will find it early, and early diagnosis can be a 98% cure.
I stopped doing self exams because I kept finding new lumps and getting sent for needless mammograms. My doctors let me do this since I was being checked regularly. This is not a good thing to do though, so I hope you will be brave and do them monthly. I also was to scared to ever take the pill, as the pill may lead to increased risk of cancer, instead i used iud?s and other things.
Hope this helps you.

Answer by get g
Not to my knowledge. Look out for the following: http://the-cancer-disease.com/breast-cancer-treatments/breast-cancer-signs

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