I feel a lump on the bone behind my right ear. Cancer?
Patient: I was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2008. I had chemo, lumpectomy and radiation, in that order. Just hit the magic 5 year mark last year. Now, I feel a lump on the bone behind my right ear. Now, a little history...I've had hearing problems for the past 10 years and I've had ringing in my ears for about the past 7 years. Of course, I'm worried that this might be cancer. I've made an appt. with the family doctor to have this looked at but I'm a real worry kind of person. Doctor: Hi. Nice to know you have crossed 5 years- this itself makes that this swelling ma not be a cancer.Well, to the facts- Lump behind the ear is not really known to have a cancer. This is most probably a lymph node and develops due to some scalp problems like dandruff or so. You can confirm this by FNAC ASAP. To me this can not be a cancer.