Lump on chest, 16 years old, help?

From your Q&A I see you're a 16 year old boy.

Most breast lumps in men are a condition called gynaecomastia, a button-like growth under the nipple and areola area that can be felt and is sometimes visible to the naked eye and occasionally it can be quite tender.

This increase in the amount of breast tissue is not a tumour and occurs due to changes in hormone balances at times like adolescence - your age in other words.

The chances of a 16 year old male getting breast cancer are as close to zero as makes no difference.

Yes, men CAN get breast cancer; it's rare though - fewer than 1% of those diagnosed with breast cancer are male. And most men diagnosed with it are over 60, though through breast cancer support networks I have met a very few men in their late 40s and 50s with breast cancer.

In the town where I live there is a man who was diagnosed with it at the age of 24. I don't know him, I know about him - his case made the papers because he is the youngest man EVER to have been diagnosed with breast cancer in the UK, the youngest by many years.

80% of all people diagnosed with breastcancer are over 50. It's rare in women under 40, fewer than 0.1% of women diagnosed are under 30, and it's almost unheard of in under 25s.

So you can see how unlikely it would be for a teenage male to have breast cancer

What you have is almost certainly gynaecomastia, which is not uncommon and is temporary. Mention it to your doctor next time you have an appointment, so that s/he can reassure you

well thats scarrry.. okay im 18 years old and i also had a small bump under my nipple area... and i wasnt worried about it cause i told my friend.. and thy said it was prob just like a peice of fatty tissue so w/e i let it go. cause im 18 so i didnt think it would be anything. another 3 weeks went by and i was getting scared so i went to the dr.. they said it was nothing. that was relief. then another 2 weeks latter i noticed it got bigger and it was actaully vissable a little. then i was panicing i went back to the dr. they sent me to the er immediatly and i got a biposy and it happend to be caner =[ i no yur young but get it checked anything.

its most likly nothing breast cancer for our age is so rare.

good luck baby =[

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xfrankiee21x

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You should get it checked out, just to be on the safe side.

Go to your OB/GYN ASAP.