My son has lumps in his breasts

My son is 12 years old. He has hard lumps in the nipple of each breast. He says that they are very painful when pinched. He also says he has had the lumps for a few months and the lumps are still as hard as ever. Could this be a cancer?

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Dear sam007, There could be many reasons for these lumps, and it would be very unusual that they are cancerous.   To have these evaluated properly a physician would need to see your son and do an examination.