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| When should women perform SBE? |
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| what is the cause redness of the breast in a post partum patient usually? |
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| will all malignancies generate mammographic findings? |
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| no, a dominant breast mass that does not have a corresponding abnormality on mammogram should still be considered malignant until proven otherwise |
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| what are the two breast tissue abnormalities that are associated with increased risk for developing invasive breast cancer? |
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| ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) and lobular carcinoma in situ (LCIS) |
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| women who had their first menstrual period before age 12 have a slightly _______ risk of breast CA |
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| age at first live birth can be a RF for breast CA. for women with 0 or 1 affected relative, risk _______ with age at first live birth. For women with 2 or more affected first degree relatives, _________ risk with age at first live birth |
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| what is the risk factor for breast CA associated with race? |
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| white women have a greater risk of developing, black women are more likely to die |
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| women who have breastfed their infants for 1-2 years have a ______ risk of breast CA |
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| most breast cancer are in the ______ tissues |
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| what are three characteristics used to stage breast CA? |
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-tumor size and spread to nearby organs (T)
-lymph node involvement (N)
-presence of absence of distant metastases (M) |
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| what is stage II b breast ca? |
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-tumor is larger than 2 or less than 5 cm across. it has spread to 1-3 axillary lymph nodes and/or tiny amounts of CA are found in internal mammary lymph nodes on sentinel lymph node bx
-the tumor is larger than 5 cm across but does not grow into the chest wall or skin and has not spread to lymph nodes
-the cancer hasn't spread to distant sites |
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| intraductal papiloma can cause what kind of discharge from the nipple? |
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| what is the most common benign breast finding? |
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| fibroadenoma can be associated with what type of nipple dc? |
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| what are the 3 most common pathogens in mastitis? |
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| s. aureus (including MRSA), streptococcus, and e.coli |
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| inflammatory mass without pus on multiple US exams which fails to decrease in size on abx, should be fully investigated with biopsies to exclude underlying __________ |
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