Warner examined Way in January 1986 and thought the lump could be fibrocystic disease, which involves benign cysts, or lumps, of breast tissue.
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Most of the rest will be found to have only fibrocystic disease, a thickening of breast tissue, or fibroadenomas, benign tumors that rarely become cancerous.
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About 70 percent of those women received implants for cosmetic reasons, while 30 percent received them for breast reconstruction after surgery for cancer, fibrocystic disease or other conditions.
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Instead, she had severe fibrocystic disease, which causes lumps in breast tissue, and had a mastectomy because it became so difficult to tell healthy tissue from potentially cancerous lumps.
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Goff said he's seen patients who wanted to remove their ovaries because of family history of cancer, and women who wanted to remove their breasts because of constant pain from fibrocystic disease.
