Clinical Breast Examination

Breast Examination, Clinical

What Affects the Test

Reasons you may not be able to have the test or why the results may not be helpful include:

• Your menstrual cycle. The changes in your body that occur during your menstrual cycle may make your breast tissue feel or look different.
• Having fibrocystic lumps. Fibrocystic lumps make a clinical breast examination hard to do because many lumps are present in the breast.

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Author:	Jan Nissl, RN, BS	Last Updated: April 17, 2006
Medical Review:	Joy Melnikow, MD, MPH - Family Medicine Deborah A. Penava, BA, MD, FRCSC, MPH - Obstetrics and Gynecology
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