Im 16 and i have a lump in my left breast could it be breast cancer?

Question

It just started hurting where i cant even lay on my stomach at night and i asked my mom about it and she said that there is history of breast cancer on my dads side so im going to call my gyno and make and appointment and see what she says!!!

Answer 1

yea and best of luck to you  

Answer 2

Don't stress yourself out to much until you know what it is. When I was 15 I noticed a lump on my breast and also have a family history of breast cancer on my dad's side. It turned out to be a cyst.

Get yourself to the GP so they can get to the bottom of it.

Best of luck.

Answer 3

It can happen... but it's rare. I think you'll be fine. I like think I have every disease and once thought I had breast cancer cause I felt a lump, but I went to three doctors for it and they told me that is was nothing cause I was so young and they can sometimes pop up cause of hormonal changes.

Good idea to make an appointment though. Never hurts to be careful. =] Good luck.  

Answer 4

maybe, but if you catch it at an early stage, you can get rid of the cancer. good luck.

Answer 5

At 16 your chances of having breast cancer are close to zero; it's mainly a disease of ageing - 80% of those diagnosed are over 50, it's rare in women under 40 and almost unheard of in under 20s.

Most breast lumps, even in women over 50, are not cancerous. And most cancerous breast lumps are not painful.

What you describe is almost certainly hormonal.

The American Cancer Society and other cancer organisations recommend that women begin regular breast self-examination at the age of 20; there's a reason for that.

When people say there's a history of breast cancer in the family, they usually mean that a family member has had breast cancer; in fact hereditary breast cancer is very rare - fewer than 10% of cases are due to hereditary factors.

You would only be at increased risk of breast cancer if your father had inherited one of the faulty genes responsible for hereditary breast cancer from one of his parents, in which case you would have a 50% chance of having inherited that gene.

So if it was your father's mother (or father) who had breast cancer, and there are a number of people in the immediate family who had breast cancer too, it may be that there is hereditary breast cancer in your family. Inheriting a faulty gene doesn't mean you would definitely get breast cancer, and in any case it would be unlikely to happen at your young age.

You are wise to make a doctor's appointment, but do bear in mind how very, very unlikely it is that you have breast cancer.

Answer 6

yes that is a good idea and I'm so sorry to this but yes it might be.i know this is because we learn about that in school ever year.  

Answer 7

good idea.

Answer 8

No,It is not cancer. I have a book about that and it said that every girl has one and some even skip that stage. I even have one