A family member had a breast lump checked 9 months ago was told nothing to worry about. Now just 9mths later she returned as the lump has grown and we had the devastating news of a now large tumour - and already spread to other organs and being incurable. We are trying to put our energy into supporting her in what comes next but can not shake that this was surely missed. Does anyone have any experience or knowledge that could help? Can a lump (same boob, same spot, same lump as far as we can tell) really be benign and not of concern then and in a matter of 9 months be malignant, large, spread and too late? Is it conceivably just bad lack that there was no cancer then and suddenly now all this - or was it most likely missed?