Breast Fibrosis Disease - Can become cancerous?

[dairelle]

If anyone knows anything about Fibrocystic Breast Disease (sorry if not spelled correct) any info would be helpful.  I recently found out through an US that I have 4 lumps on the right and 1 on the left.  Two as large as 3.5-4cm and still growing.  I had a biopsy but they could only get one good pass and they only checked the two larger lumps.  My mother suffers the same condition but does not have cancer.  My doctor told me that it was benign but that I have 5 times greater chance of getting cancer but, any info I have found on thie disease has not given accurate info about cancer.  

Also, I now have ovarian cyst or possibly endo all within 8 weeks.  Can these be related in any way?  Possibly misdiagnosis?

[AnnieBrooke]

A friend of mine has the fibrocystic breast condition and she simply keeps having small surgeries to remove the lumps.  So far none have been cancerous, but you are right that there is a greater risk, so that is why her doc says to keep taking them out.  She was told it will only ease when she goes through menopause.

[lehcar74]

NO this does NOT make the chances of cancer greater at all! I know its been more then 3 years since this post but I am posting this in case anyone else reads this.

[lehcar74]

well maybe fibrocystic does Im not sure about that sorry I thought you were talking about
Fibrosis Disease those are two different things.