What should be done when a lump is noticed in the breast or armpit?

Assoc. Prof. Didem Öncel Yakar

Dr Öncel Yakar’s comments

In case of a lump in the breast or armpit, an examination by a General Surgery specialist is required. These lumps may be due to simple infections, lymph nodes, or they may be caused by masses that require further examination and treatment.

Breast health plays an important role in every woman’s life. This is based on the facts that breast cancer is the most common cancer in women and that early diagnosis and treatment significantly increase life expectancy thanks to screening methods. While stricter follow-up and examination protocols are applied in women with certain risk factors, women with no risk factors should also have breast screening regularly for these reasons. Standard breast screening guidelines recommend that women should perform breast self-examination from the age of 20, and additionally, from the age of 40, breast imaging with clinical examination and mammography once a year. In this section, especially in the twenty-fifth year of her profession and as a female surgeon, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Didem Öncel Yakar answers the questions frequently asked by you. We are with you to manage your routine annual scans and appropriate examination-surgery-treatment processes in our practice in Ataşehir.