A 44-year-old woman presents to the GP with a new breast lump. She is 26 years old. On examination, there is a 1.5 cm smooth, well-defined, mobile lum...

Question

A 44-year-old woman presents to the GP with a new breast lump. She is 26 years old. On examination, there is a 1.5 cm smooth, well-defined, mobile lump in the left breast. She has no family history of breast cancer. According to NICE NG12, how should a breast lump in a woman under 30 be referred?

Accepted Answer

Non-urgent referral to the breast clinic - women under 30 with an unexplained breast lump should be referred but not necessarily via the 2-week wait pathway unless there are concerning features

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Urgent 2-week wait referral

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No referral needed - all lumps in women under 30 are benign

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Self-referral to the breast screening programme

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Fine needle aspiration in primary care

uk-drcog MCQ (SBA): Breast Lump Under 30 - Non-Urgent Referral

A 44-year-old woman presents to the GP with a new breast lump. She is 26 years old. On examination, there is a 1.5 cm smooth, well-defined, mobile lump in the left breast. She has no family history of breast cancer. According to NICE NG12, how should a breast lump in a woman under 30 be referred?