Nearly four years ago, Becca Brown, a 41-year-old resident of Burlington, Vermont, noticed a grape-size lump on the side of her breast as she was getting ready for bed. Follow-up testing revealed a fast-spreading cancer, but its early detection meant the tumor responded better to treatment, and ultimately, Brown recovered from the disease.
"Even if you find something little, you've got to go in and get it checked out," Brown told Live Science, relaying advice she would give other people. "And it's important to know your 'breast baseline' so you can tell if something is out of the ordinary," she added.
