Usually, when breast cancer is diagnosed the woman does not have any pain or discomfort, and pressing on the lump in her breast is not painful either. That being so, when the doctor tells her she needs an operation, in most cases she will find this very difficult to accept.
乳癌通常診斷的時候，都是不痛不癢，摸硬塊也不會痛，當醫師說：「妳需要開刀」，在不痛不癢的狀況下決定開刀，對一般婦女來說實在很難接受。