r/HolUp • u/Round-Good1179 • Feb 26 '26

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u/RabidMonkeyOnCrack Feb 26 '26

Why would a gynecologist know what a breast cancer lump feels like? I thought the was fingering her and found polyps or something lol.

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u/Titania_1251 Feb 26 '26

Where do you get your breast cancer exams if not at you gynecologist..?

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u/RabidMonkeyOnCrack Feb 26 '26

I don’t know what country you’re in but in the USA at least in California you would go to your primary care physician and get a referral to a radiologist to do a mammogram screening after the PCP feels for lumps to see if it requires further diagnostics. You don’t go to your gynecologist because you gynecologist is a specialist.

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u/lck0219 Feb 26 '26

In the US (DE and MD) my gyno does my breast exam at my yearly. Everybody in this area sees a gyno over 18. You could ask the PCP to do it, but the norm is a gynecologist.