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.
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