Signs and symptoms

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If you detect any of the following signs or symptoms contact your doctor:

  • A nodule (often painless);
  • A retraction, inversion or discharge from the nipple;
  • Changes in the texture of the skin or the nipple.

It is important to know that these signs might have nothing to do with cancer. However, only your doctor can evaluate that.

A much more common change in the male breast that can also be identified by touch, is a growth under the nipple resulting from a hormonal condition called  gynecomastia. . Know what it is.

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