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Complex Cysts Questions about complex breast cysts. |
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| 1/16/2012 | I have cancer cell remove from my breast two years ago I just recently had a mammo and ultrasound they found complex cysts should I be concern that they can be cancer? | ||
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| 1/16/2012 | though most complex cysts are benign there are some for which the debris within them (which is also how they are determined to be a complex cyst instead of regular fluid filled cyst) there are some for which the debris can contain cancer or precancer. Inquire if the plan is to do a core biopsy or not. | ||
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