Inside its tan skin, the white flesh was riddled with necrotic brown lumps, as obviously diseased as any tuberculosis lung or cancerous breast.

在褐色的表皮之下，白色的肉质上布满了窟窿，窟窿里面尽是坏死的褐色组织，如同植物感染了结核病或罹患了癌症一般。

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As we get older, though, the benign lumps tend to go away and the breast cancer risk goes up.

随着年龄的增长，尽管良性的包块有消失的趋势，但患乳腺癌的风险上升。

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These lumps are benign and are not associated with an increased risk of breast cancer.

这些肿块是良性的和不相关与增加妇女患乳腺癌的危险。

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Others may experience lumps in the breast caused by blocked milk ducts.

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Stephen Duffy, of the Imperial Cancer Research Fund said although many breast cancers were confirmed by taking slices of tissue via a needle, so that few patient with benign lumps had to undergo surgery, the Duke's technique could be even better.

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