Can cystic breast nodules become cancerous?

Breast cystic nodules are a common physical disease among women. Suffering from breast cystic nodules can easily lead to breast pain or swelling and lumps of the nipples. Breast cystic nodules may also become cancerous. Timely treatment and care are needed to avoid the occurrence of cancer. You can eat more nutritious and light foods.

Can cystic breast nodules become cancerous?

Cystic nodules in the breast may become cancerous. Breast cystic nodules are papillary lumps formed by ductal dilatation and epithelial proliferation due to mammary duct and alveolar hyperplasia, and ductal obstruction and retention of secretions, which lead to dilatation and formation of nodular cystic nodules. Most of them are benign lesions. If not treated in time, the epithelial cells in the lumen will proliferate abnormally and may become malignant. Its symptoms often include breast lumps and pain. Breast B-ultrasound and mammography examination can assist in diagnosis. Fine needle aspiration and pathological examination can confirm the diagnosis. The preferred treatment is surgical resection. After the operation, subsequent treatment is assisted based on the pathological diagnosis results. To sum up, breast cystic nodules are mostly benign lesions. If not treated in time and allowed to develop, they may become cancerous.

For patients with cystic breast nodules, there may be a certain chance of malignant transformation.

If the patient undergoes bilateral breast elasticity color Doppler ultrasound examination and is shown to have cystic nodular changes in the breast, in this case, it is necessary to observe the elasticity score of the patient's cystic nodules. If the elasticity score is below level four, the patient may consider continued observation and take care not to drink alcohol, get angry, or overwork.

If the patient's bilateral breast elasticity color Doppler ultrasound examination shows an elasticity score of four or above, the patient is advised to actively consider further ultrasound-guided puncture biopsy, or consider surgical resection and a rapid frozen pathological section examination during the operation to observe whether the patient's local lesions are benign or malignant.

If it is a malignant tumor, it is necessary to consider further expanding the scope of surgery and performing lymph node dissection. After the operation, the patient should also consider about 4-6 courses of systemic intravenous chemotherapy.