Help her by playing doctor

If you feel anything strange under her shirt, goad her to get a professional breast exam just to confirm that everything is normal, says Millheiser. A majority of those scary bumps turn out to be non-cancerous masses that are caused by hormonal changes, such as a cyst, which usually feels like a soft grape, or a fibroadenoma, a rubbery moveable mass. Women should be going in for check-ups once a year, or biyearly if she has a family history of breast cancer, says Millheiser