Women with lumpy breasts may think they are doomed, she said, but 95 percent of them do not face an increased cancer risk.

About half of all women have lumpy breasts, or fibrocystic change.

Myth: Women with lumpy breasts (also known as fibrocystic breast changes) have a higher risk of developing breast cancer.

"I had very lumpy breasts and over the years I had had a lot of biopsies," she said.

Still, as Ms. Langer had cystic, lumpy breasts and there was cancer in her family, her doctor ordered a mammogram.

Women take it for treating menstrual disorders, "lumpy breasts" (fibrocystic breast disease), and vaginal discharges.

Some women who have lumpy breasts also have benign breast cysts that are surrounded by fibrous tissue.

True or false: Women with lumpy breasts (also known as fibrocystic breast changes) are more likely to get breast cancer.

After a period, this lumpiness becomes less obvious or may disappear altogether (although some women may have tender, lumpy breasts all the time).

But some women experience lumpy, tender breasts all the time.