Not all breast cancers start with a lump. Be on the lookout for these rare symptoms

HATTIESBURG, Miss. (WDAM) - It’s not a new cancer, but it’s rare.

Hattiesburg Clinic Hematologist, Oncologist and Oncology Clinical Trial Director for Forrest General Hospital, Dr. Bo Hrom, said Lobular Breast Cancer is a type of cancer that can be harder to find because of where and how it forms.

Hrom explained that Lobular Breast Cancer forms in the lobes of the breast.

“There are about 15 to 20 [lobes] in each human breast,” Hrom said.

Hrom said 90 percent of breast cancer actually comes from the duct.

“10 to 15 percent [of breast cancer] comes from the lobule, so lobular breast cancer is much rarer,” Hrom said

Dr. Hrom explained that Lobular Breast Cancer develops where breast milk forms. He said what makes it different is that it lacks the most obvious symptom - a lump in the br