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Treatment of breast lumps in children
Source: Breast Lumps and Breast Cancer in Children, National Cancer Institute.
Source updated: December 2, 2025 · Captured 2026-09-09.
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Treatment of breast lumps in children
There are different types of treatment for children and adolescents with benign breast lumps. You and your child's care team will work together to decide treatment.
Treatment of breast lumps in children and adolescents may include:
Watchful waiting, which is closely monitoring a person's condition without giving any treatment until symptoms appear or change. Watchful waiting may be done for fibroadenomas because they may disappear without treatment.
Surgery to remove fibroadenomas that have not disappeared or phyllodes tumors. The whole breast is not removed during surgery. Surgery may also be used for lumps that come back.
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