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Breast Tumor on a Mammogram
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From Pam Stephan, About.com

Updated March 13, 2007

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Dark areas are normal fatty breast tissue. Lighter areas are denser tissue. The whitest area is the most dense, indicating a tumor (breast cancer).
Breast Cancer Tumor on Mammogram

Breast Cancer Tumor on Mammogram

National Cancer Institute
Description: Shown is a mammogram of a fatty breast with an obvious cancer, indicated by an arrow in lower right corner.

A cancerous tumor in the breast is a mass of breast tissue that is growing in an abnormal, uncontrolled way. The tumor may invade surrounding tissue or shed cells into the bloodstream or lymph system.

Source:

Dr. Dwight Kaufman. Diagnosis: Mammogram: Cancer (obvious) National Cancer Institute. February 1994.

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