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    Jan 3, 2009, 07:25 AM
    Cancerous lumps
    My mum has a lump that keeps bleeding when touched its painful and its not healing could this be cancer she is 78 but never smoked.
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    Jan 3, 2009, 07:27 AM
    Where exactly is the lump? How long has she had it?

    Smoking is not a reason for EVERY kind of cancer?

    Has she seen a doctor about this? Please understand that we cannot diagnose over the internet.
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    Jan 3, 2009, 07:34 AM
    No she hasn't seen the doctor as she was trying to treat it herself she only told me this morning bt I was under the impression that cancerous lumps weren't painful...
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    Jan 3, 2009, 07:38 AM
    Again, where is the lump?

    Many people, including some doctors believe that cancerous lumps are not painful. As a cancer survivor myself, I can tell you that some are.
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    Jan 3, 2009, 02:15 PM

    Is the lump on/in her breast?
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    Jan 3, 2009, 02:29 PM

    It could be a boil or a ingrown hair that became infected. It could be any number of things some serious and some not. Therefore...

    It is so fool hardy to try to make a diagnosis over the internet and I might add very dangerous.

    Your best medical advice is a doctor.
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