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The Truth About Breast Cancer
Here is the best Medical Site on breast cancer and other matters I have ever come across. It lists the names of the best doctors available
http://www.mdjunction.com/

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Getting the right doctor is essential if you find a breast-lump. The truth is that many women experience cysts in the chest area which are quite normal and benign. All the same, it is very prudent to have your doctor check it out if you ever detect a what you believe to be a common cyst of the skin, or under the skin.  They are normally simply clumps filled with fatty matter (sebum) that is secreted by a sebaceous gland that has been blocked. Regular self-examination is a sensible and responsible precaution. And DON'T be scared to go and have it checked out if you think you do detect something that didn't used to be there.

    During my late wife's long illness, I read every book on the library shelves about breast-cancer - and consider myself something of an expert on it now. looking back and speaking frankly it's debatable whether she should have been told that the disease had spread. In some cases is better if the victim doesn't know. Other people have the courage to deal with the truth. My wife Sue was someone that couldn't handle the truth. I knew what was happening to her. I studied the disease in detail and was able to discuss the progress with the doctors. I even took one doctor to court, because when Sue found the original lump in her breast she had gone immediately to her G. P (General Practitioner.) He just took one cursory  look at it and did not bother to proceed further with a proper examination.

     He told her to go away and if it got bigger to make another appointment to see him. It did grow and valuable treatment time was lost. To compound bad practice with error he then sent her to hospital with a letter to have a mammogram. In this letter, he identified the wrong breast - the right side instead of the left side.

    Of course, they found nothing! Later after it continued to grow, she had to have a mastectomy. When we went to the tribunal, we found that the forum of justice was a court consisting of all doctors, with only one non-doctor. They decided that it was 'human error’ and he wasn't found guilty. In Britain that has changed now.

             Bottom line? Getting the right doctor is essential if you find a breast-lump.