21. Fibrocystic Breasts fibrocystic breasts. Other terms which you may hear include fibrocystic breasts,fibrous breast tissue, cystic breasts, or dense breast tissue. http://www.umt.edu/chc/healthlibrary/hlfibrocystic_breasts.htm

FIBROCYSTIC BREASTS WHAT IS FIBROCYSTIC BREAST DISEASE? The term Fibrocystic Breast Disease refers to a benign (non-cancerous) condition of the breasts of many women. Women with fibrocystic breasts usually have soft, moveable lumps in their breasts which may become very tender around the time of their period. After a woman has her period, the symptoms go away until just before the next menstrual period. Because this is a rather common condition about 1 in 5 women, and because it is benign, the term "disease" is not really appropriate. Many medical professionals use different names to refer to this same condition. Other terms which you may hear include: fibrocystic breasts, fibrous breast tissue, cystic breasts, or dense breast tissue. WHAT SHOULD I DO IF I SUSPECT THAT I HAVE FIBROCYSTIC BREASTS ? Anytime that you find a lump or notice any changes in your breasts it is important to make an appointment with the clinic or your private physician for an examination. You may be asked to come back after a certain length of time (usually after your next period) for another exam. This allows the clinician to see if swelling and tenderness decrease after your period.

22. Treatment Of Fibrocystic Breasts - Olson Center For Women's Health At UNMC The Treatment of fibrocystic breasts. The term fibrocystic/cysticbreast disease is not a distinct disease, but rather a term used http://www.unmc.edu/Olson/education/fibrobst.htm

The Treatment of Fibrocystic Breasts The term fibrocystic/cystic breast disease is not a distinct disease, but rather a term used to represent a group of breast tissue abnormalities that may occur separately or together. While we associate this "disease" with the menstrual cycle, it is important to remember that women can experience palpable (able to be felt) breast irregularities regardless of menstruation. Pathologic descriptions of the disease were recorded as early as the 1880's, with the term Chronic Cystic Mastitis identified a decade later. While the past 100 years has introduced a variety of terms to describe the abnormality, a consensus for treatment has developed to treat this significant health problem. Any treatment of fibrocystic breast problem is designed to: alleviate breast pain reduce or remove irregularity rule out the possibility of breast cancer Nonsurgical treatment can include: Use of sex hormones (estrogens, progestins, androgens) Pharmaceutical use of: Vitamins A, B1, E Diuretics Tamoxifen (an anti-estrogen) The primary role of surgery in fibrocystic disease is to rule out the possibility that the palpable or mammographically detected abnormality is actually a breast cancer. Any suspicious mass, generally firm (unable to aspirate), should be removed. If a thickening is present, the physician may elect to follow its presence over several menstrual cycles before deciding whether removal is recommended.

23. MotherNature.com - Herbs For Health And Healing: Fibrocystic Breasts Ch.61, fibrocystic breasts. Ch.62, Heavy Periods. fibrocystic breasts Fibrocysticbreasts plague about onethird of US women in their childbearing years. http://www.mothernature.com/Library/bookshelf/Books/15/61.cfm

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25. Altmedicine fibrocystic breasts. Doctors frequently diagnose any woman who is experiencingbreast pain, lumpiness, or other symptoms as having fibrocystic breasts. http://www.womenshealthnetwork.org/clearinghouse/fibrocystic.htm

Fibrocystic Breasts Fibrocystic breasts, also known as benign breast disease, mammary dysplasia, and mastodynia, is the most common benign breast problem affecting American women. Doctors frequently diagnose any woman who is experiencing breast pain, lumpiness, or other symptoms as having fibrocystic breasts. The percentage of affected women varies from 20% to 50%; some estimates are even higher. This may be a normal condition. The fact that this condition is often characterized as a "disease" makes women afraid when they most likely have no reason to be. Additional Readings "Benign Breast Lumps and Other Benign Breast Changes." National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health. 1996. Dr. Susan Love's Breast Book. Love, Susan M., M.D. Addison- Wesley, 2nd ed Fully revised. 1995. "Fibrocystic Changes" . Fiorica, James V., M.D. Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinics of North America; 21(3), September 1994.

26. Breast Health fibrocystic breasts. Is this a disease? No, this is not a disease.Many What is happening inside fibrocystic breasts? Fibrocystic http://region4.tricare.osd.mil/breast_health/Fibrocystic.html

Fibrocystic Breasts Is this a disease? No, this is not a disease. Many women have somewhat lumpy breasts due to the normal structures in the breast including the milk glands, the ducts and normal fibrous tissue. The term “disease” is an incorrect term. The term “fibrocystic change” describes the development of fluid filled sacs, called cysts and the overgrowth of fibrous tissue occurring in the breasts. These changes have also be called chronic cystic mastitis, mammary dysplasia, benign breast disease, diffuse cystic mastopathy, or fibrocystic disease. This is a benign (non-cancerous) condition that effects 50-60% of all women. These changes are common in women between the ages of 20 and 50 and are not usually seen after menopause unless the woman is taking hormones. Women who take oral contraceptives (birth control pills) have a lower incidence of fibrocystic changes in the breasts. Dr. Susan Love in her book, Dr. Susan Love’s Breast Book (1995 Published by Addison Wesley) says this is “the body’s natural aging process. [These changes] are the result of wear and tear, no more a disease than gray hair or age lines.” She goes on to say that the term

27. Fibrocystic Breast Disease Cure Elizabeth Smith, MD reviews the most recent scientific advances in the cause of fibrocystic breast Category Health Women s Health Fibrocystic Breast Disease...... Cure fibrocystic breasts. NO Surgery! Dr. Lee Treats fibrocystic breastsSuccessfully. WITHOUT SURGERY. Dr. Lee further writes in his book http://www.fibrocystic.com/

by Elizabeth Smith, M.D. A True Cure Muriel John Lee, M.D. has treated fibrocystic breast disease with success for decades. He writes: "Muriel came into my office at age 50 with multiple scars on both breasts from seven different excision biopsies, all of which found dense fibrocystic breasts. She readily admitted chronic cancer anxiety. In addition, she suffered from reactive hypoglycemia. She performed breast self-exams routinely and the finding of each new lump aroused fear and trepidation because of her cysts. Now, at menopause, she wanted hormone replacement therapy. Instead of traditional HRT (hormone replacement therapy), I recommended physiologic dosages of progesterone without estrogen. Her fibrocysts disappeared within six months, her sense of energy and libido returned, her hypoglycemic episodes became a thing of the past, and her tennis game improved. Further , serial density (BMD) tests over the subsequent ten years remained good, and her cancer anxiety faded away with the improvement in her breasts." Cure Fibrocystic Breasts NO Surgery!

28. Natural Progesterone Questions And Answers the signs of progesterone deficiency for women over 35 years of age to include swollenbreasts, depression, low thyroid, fibrocystic breasts, water retention http://www.womens-health-naturally.com/progesteroneQ&A.htm

Nutritional Products Back to Fibrocystic Breasts To Wild Yam Cream PROGESTERONE DEFICIENCY John R.Lee, MD, has successfully treated female patients with natural progesterone cream for over 15 years. Dr. Lee has defined the signs of progesterone deficiency for women over 35 years of age to include swollen breasts, depression, low thyroid, fibrocystic breasts, water retention, weight gain and loss of libido. Jerilyn C.Pryor, MD, an endocrinology professor at the University of British Columbia, found through testing that 50 percent of the women of North America are severely deficient in progesterone by age 35 and that, during the menopausal years, progesterone levels decrease to almost zero while estrogen levels only decrease by 40 to 60 percent. Dr. Lee defines this syndrome as "estrogen dominance". When this hormonal imbalance occurs, the estrogen becomes toxic to the body. Treatment with natural progesterone restores the balance between these two main female hormones, eliminating the need for synthetic hormone therapy, and the undesirable side effects. What is an application of natural progesterone cream?

29. Fibrocystic Breasts & Breast Cancer fibrocystic breasts Are women with cystic breast disorder at higherrisk of getting cancer? Ann. Kelly Shanahan, MD Chair of http://www.ivillagehealth.com/experts/womens/qas/0,,231859_150786,00.html

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30. Fibrocystic Breasts Saint Mary's Breast Center. fibrocystic breasts. About one of every fivewomen, ages 2550, develops fibrocystic breasts at some point. http://www.smmmc.org/clinicalservices/womens/breastcenter/bcfibro.shtml

Join Our Team! Diversity at Saint Mary's Saint Mary's Breast Center Breast Center Guidelines ... The Cancer Center at Saint Mary's Women and Children's Services Saint Mary's Breast Center Fibrocystic Breasts Fibrocystic breast is the most common benign (noncancerous) breast condition in women of childbearing age. About one of every five women, ages 25-50, develops fibrocystic breasts at some point. The condition is characterized by: breast lumps tenderness pain Symptoms tend to worsen just before the menstrual period begins and tend to ease after the period. What causes fibrocystic breasts? The lumps, tenderness, and pain appear to be a response to the same hormones that regulate the menstrual cycle - an exaggerated response to a normal process. This condition usually clears up when a woman's periods cease at the time of menopause. What changes take place in the breast?

31. Nature's Health: Fibrocystic Breasts And Natural Progesterone Cream fibrocystic breasts are most often a sign of estrogen dominance relativelyhigh estrogen and low progesterone. Using natural progesterone http://www.natureshealth.biz/fibrocystic_breasts.htm

If she makes the rounds of enough doctors, she will come across someone who wants her to take a drug (usually a testosterone analog) to suppress her excess estrogen. Besides being expensive, she finds that a few, mostly masculinizing side effects are part of the bargain: acne, seborrhea, hair growth on face and body, male pattern baldness, lower pitch to voice, vaginal dryness, and sagging, smaller breasts. Most women find the treatment is worse than the disease. From my women patients, I learned that fibrocystic breasts were most often a sign of estrogen dominance: relatively high estrogen and low progesterone. In my experience, using natural progesterone routinely resolves the problem. I also recommend adding vitamin E in dosages of 600 IU at bedtime, supplemental magnesium (300 milligrams a day), and vitamin B6 (50 Milligrams a day). I cannot recall a case in which the result was not positive. Once the cysts have cleared up, you can reduce the progesterone dose to find the smallest dose that is still effective each month and continue the treatment as needed through menopause. This treatment is simple, safe, inexpensive, successful, and natural. * Excerpt from What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Menopause by Dr. John R. Lee MD

32. Benign Breast Diseases, Fibrocystic Breasts, Nipple Discharge, Breast Pain Benign Breast Disease. http://www.hersource.com/breast/01/01fq.cfm

Benign Breast Disease Printable Version Benign Breast Disease is a Term for a Group of Breast Diseases that are not Cancer The Signs of Benign Breast Disease Fibrocystic Change ... What the Pathologist Sees in Benign Breast Disease Linda Moy, MD is a mammographer at the Breast Imaging Division of the Massachusetts General Hospital and the Department of Radiology, Harvard Medical School Dennis Sgroi, MD is a pathologist at the Department of Pathology of the Massachusetts General Hospital and the Department of Pathology, Harvard Medical School James Michaelson, PhD is a cancer biologist at the Cancer Center of the Massachusetts General Hospital and the Department of Pathology, Harvard Medical School Date: April 7, 2000 Last modified: November 16, 2001

33. Fibrocystic Breasts Prevention Screening. Saint Mary's Breast Center. fibrocystic breasts. About oneof every five women, ages 2550, develops fibrocystic breasts at some point. http://www.smcancercenter.com/patients/prevention/breastcenter/bcfibro.shtml

document.write("") Saint Mary's Breast Center Fibrocystic Breasts Fibrocystic breast is the most common benign (noncancerous) breast condition in women of childbearing age. About one of every five women, ages 25-50, develops fibrocystic breasts at some point. The condition is characterized by: breast lumps tenderness pain Symptoms tend to worsen just before the menstrual period begins and tend to ease after the period. Saint Mary's Breast Center Breast Center Guidelines What you need to know Mobile Mammography Unit ... Breast Self Exam Instructional Tool What causes fibrocystic breasts? The lumps, tenderness, and pain appear to be a response to the same hormones that regulate the menstrual cycle - an exaggerated response to a normal process. This condition usually clears up when a woman's periods cease at the time of menopause. What changes take place in the breast? A breast is made up of mammary glands which produce milk in the breast-feeding mother; mammary ducts in which milk collects; fatty tissue; and fibrous tissue.

34. GotoMyDoc - Education - Breast Health - Learn - Fibrocystic Breasts Breast Health. fibrocystic breasts what does that mean? A fibrocystic breast lumpis fibrous connective breast tissue, which is often associated with cysts. http://www.gotomydoc.com/education/breast_health/learn/fibro/

What It's About Did You Know? Learn More About For More Info Breast Health Fibrocystic breasts: what does that mean? A fibrocystic breast lump is fibrous connective breast tissue, which is often associated with cysts. This term is used broadly. Sometimes, it refers to the actual diagnosis of this type of tissue by sampling a piece of breast tissue and examining it under the microscope. More often than not, it is used in a less formal way to describe the feel of breast tissue or the "clinical impression" of a breast examination by a physician or other health care provider. This is not a term that should raise the level of concern for patients. It simply means that your breast tissue responds more than average to the influence and cycle of female hormones. For the most part, fibrocystic breasts are most common during the reproductive years, and breasts become less dense and lumpy after menopause. Women, who take hormone replacement therapy after their periods stop, sometimes have similar breast lumpiness as when they were menstruating. Fibrocystic breasts require more vigilance and monitoring because dense, lumpy breasts are difficult to examine, and it is sometimes hard to distinguish good lumps from bad lumps by feel alone. Always consult your physician for questions and concerns relating to breast changes or breast lumps.

35. InteliHealth: Women's Health fibrocystic breasts Cause For Concern? March 22, 2002 This does not mean womenwho know or suspect they have fibrocystic breasts should ignore lumps. http://www.intelihealth.com/IH/ihtIH/WSIHW000/333/343/347566.html

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36. InteliHealth: Basics fibrocystic breasts typically have a dense or bumpy quality, areas ofthickening or multiple fluidfilled areas (cysts). The bumpiness http://www.intelihealth.com/IH/ihtIH/WSIHW000/9103/24203/344921.html?d=dmtConten

37. Prevention And Treatment Of Fibrocystic Breast Disease, Prevention And Treatment CASE HISTORY 1 JANE, FROM MICHIGAN, AGE 39. I am 39 years old and havebeen diagnosed with fibrocystic breasts. My mother was diagnosed http://www.all-natural.com/fibrocys.html

Prevention and Treatment of Fibrocystic Breast Disease by Ralph L. Reed, Ph.D. Fibrocystic breast disease, for many women, is very treatable and preventable. For years, doctors have recommended that women avoid caffeine, high fat diets and so on, and even to take drugs with strong side effects. In some cases this helps, in others it doesn't. However, recent research has offered new hope because it has shown a strong connection between the wearing of bras and benign fibrocystic lumps, cysts and pain. For example, Dr. Gregory Heigh of Florida has found that over 90% of women with fibrocystic changes find improvement when they stop wearing their brassieres. This exciting new "treatment" has NO side effects, costs nothing, and is something that women try for themselves by making a personal and ALL-NATURAL clothing choice. After this introductory section, this article is comprised of six case histories written by women who found relief of fibrocystic by going bra-free. There is scientific support for the plausibility of this connection with breast disease. Two published studies have shown that women who wear bras have much higher breast cancer rates than women who don't wear a bra. A husband and wife research team published a study of almost 5000 women in the book Dressed to Kill: The Link Between Breast Cancer and Bras (ISBN # 0-89529-664-0, Avery Publishing Group, 1995, also available from

38. All Fibrocystic Breast Disease Resources In The Net About.com fibrocystic breasts - Find out what breast lumps, bumps, and painmean, and learn about treatment options. Benign Breast Conditions. http://aneas.net/womenhealth/fibrocystic_breast_disease_resources.asp

All Fibrocystic Breast Disease Resources in the Net About.com - Fibrocystic Breasts - Find out what breast lumps, bumps, and pain mean, and learn about treatment options. Benign Breast Conditions. - Symptoms, investigations, and treatments are given for most common benign breast conditions. Benign Breast Conditions in Women - Frequently asked questions about breast problems such as size, veins, fibrocystic change, nipple discharge, bleeding, and pain. Collimore Health Care - I have successfully completed a research on the various illness affecting the female organs. After many years of research, we have developed Alternative Skilled Treatment Kits for healing the breasts, womb and uterus without surgery. Cure Fibrocystic Breast Disease - Elizabeth Smith, M.D. reviews the most recent scientific advances in the cause of fibrocystic breast disease and John Lee, M.D.'s success in treating it. Fibrocystic Breast Disease - Discussion of this condition, which is characterized by benign (non-cancerous) breast lumps, including information on nutritional treatments. Fibrocystic Breast Disease: HealthlinkUSA - Information concerning treatment, prevention, diagnosis, email groups, support groups, and personal stories.

39. Untitled Document fibrocystic breasts Cause for Concern? This does not mean women who knowor suspect they have fibrocystic breasts should ignore lumps. http://www.womens-health.org/press/NewsService/breast.htm

For Immediate Release March 21, 2002 Contact: Sarah Gevers Fibrocystic Breasts: Cause for Concern? More attention should be paid to conditions unique to women WASHINGTON, DC - At least 50 percent of all women experience lumpy, painful, swollen breasts at some point in their lives, according to the American Cancer Society. This benign condition, fibrocystic breast change, is most common in women aged 30 to 50, but it can occur at any age. Fibrocystic breast changes include variations in tissue that occur during the menstrual cycle as well as benign lumps and fluid filled sacs or cysts. For many women, this condition is extremely painful. Though sometimes mistakenly referred to as a disease, fibrocystic changes occur in varying degrees in almost all women over 30. In 95 percent of cases, fibrocystic breast changes do not increase a woman's risk of breast cancer. They do, however, lead to thicker and denser breast tissue, which can mask cancerous changes. Thus, this condition can make breast exams and mammograms difficult to interpret, rendering early breast cancer detection more challenging. For most women, the bulk of the problem is pain management, for which there is currently no treatment available. "Eight out of 10 lumps I evaluate are benign and most of these are due to fibrocystic breast changes," said George N. Peters, MD, executive director of the UT Southwestern Center for Breast Care in Dallas. This does not mean women who know or suspect they have fibrocystic breasts should ignore lumps. Instead, if they are premenopausal and they find a lump, they should wait one menstrual cycle; in 60-70 percent of cases, the lump will go away. If it doesn't, she should see her doctor immediately, said Dr. Peters, who notes that women have to learn to recognize changes via consistent monthly breast self exams (BSE).

40. Women's Health Article fibrocystic breasts CAUSE FOR CONCERN? This does not mean women who knowor suspect they have fibrocystic breasts should ignore lumps. http://www.womens-health.org/health/Articles/fibrobreast.htm

Back to About Your Health Women's Health Conditions FIBROCYSTIC BREASTS: CAUSE FOR CONCERN? At least 50 percent of all women experience lumpy, painful, swollen breasts at some point in their lives, according to the American Cancer Society. This benign condition, fibrocystic breast change, is most common in women aged 30 to 50, but it can occur at any age. Fibrocystic breast changes include variations in tissue that occur during the menstrual cycle as well as benign lumps and fluid filled sacs or cysts. For many women, this condition is extremely painful. Though sometimes mistakenly referred to as a disease, fibrocystic changes occur in varying degrees in almost all women over 30. In 95 percent of cases, fibrocystic breast changes do not increase a woman's risk of breast cancer. They do, however, lead to thicker and denser breast tissue, which can mask cancerous changes. Thus, this condition can make breast exams and mammograms difficult to interpret, rendering early breast cancer detection more challenging. For most women, the bulk of the problem is pain management, for which there is currently no treatment available. "Eight out of 10 lumps I evaluate are benign and most of these are due to fibrocystic breast changes," said George N. Peters, MD, executive director of the UT Southwestern Center for Breast Care in Dallas. This does not mean women who know or suspect they have fibrocystic breasts should ignore lumps. Instead, if they are premenopausal and they find a lump, they should wait one menstrual cycle; in 60-70 percent of cases, the lump will go away. If it doesn't, she should see her doctor immediately, said Dr. Peters, who notes that women have to learn to recognize changes via consistent monthly breast self exams (BSE).

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