The Cancer Dictionary

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Breast

The gland in a woman that produces milk after pregnancy. Each breast consists of a number of lobes (divisions) which contain milk sacs where the milk is produced. The lobes are surrounded by fatty tissue. Milk ducts (small pipes) lead from the lobes and join together to form 15 or 20 larger ducts which carry milk to the nipple.