High cost of treating painful breast lumps

An illustration of breast lumps. PHOTO | FOTOSEARCH

Rita Chwele, 37, found a little pea-like swelling on her breast one evening. This was not the first lump. About five years ago, she had undergone a surgery to remove three other lumps, which were benign.

She ignored the new painful lump for a while. ‘‘I couldn’t even touch the breast. I feared finding out that it had changed shape or become bigger,’’ she says.

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