Intended for healthcare professionals

Rapid response to:

Practice 10-Minute Consultation

Breast lumps

BMJ 2014; 349 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.g5275 (Published 05 September 2014) Cite this as: BMJ 2014;349:g5275

Rapid Response:

This article has conveyed a confusing message about the lumps discovered in patients under 30.

Discrete breast lump in younger patients less than 30 years old with no worrying features i:e texture/ fixation/ skin changes and no family history of early age breast cancer do not require urgent referrals.

We may inundate the urgent clinic with such referrals which could have detrimental effect on actual suspicious lumps assessment.

Competing interests: No competing interests

09 October 2014
ihsan illahi
gp
manchester