Notes in 01 Introduction To Breast Cancer

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Published	05/01/2023	Breast Imaging: Introduction to Breast Cancer {{c1::Breast}} cancer is the most common female cancer in the United States
Published	05/01/2023	Breast Imaging: Introduction to Breast Cancer {{c1::Mammography}} is the first-line tool for detection of {{c2::breast cancer}}
Published	05/01/2023	Breast Imaging: Introduction to Breast Cancer The sensitivity of screening mammography for detecting cancer has been estimated at between {{c1::6…
Published	05/01/2023	Breast Imaging: Introduction to Breast Cancer {{c1::Digital Breast Tomosynthesis (DBT)}} is becoming the standard of care for breast cancer screening …
Published	05/01/2023	Breast Imaging: Introduction to Breast Cancer {{c1::Breast ultrasound::imaging modality}} is used as a supplement to diagnostic mammography, espe…
Published	05/01/2023	Breast Imaging: Introduction to Breast Cancer Indications for breast ultrasound include:{{c1::Palpable abnormalities}} on physical exam{{c2::Further c…
Published	05/01/2023	Breast Imaging: Introduction to Breast Cancer {{c1::MRI}} is the most {{c2::sensitive::sensitive or specific}} imaging modality for breast cancer dete…
Published	05/01/2023	Breast Imaging: Introduction to Breast Cancer Indications for breast MRI include: Screening in {{c1::high-risk patients (>20% lifetime risk of…
Published	05/01/2023	Breast Imaging: Introduction to Breast Cancer Pathway of invasive ductal breast cancer progression in chronological order is: {{c1::Normal cells}}{{c2…
Published	05/01/2023	Breast Imaging: Introduction to Breast Cancer {{c1::Flat Epithelial Atypia (FEA)}} is a low-grade form of atypia involving the breast {{c2::acini…
Published	05/01/2023	Breast Imaging: Introduction to Breast Cancer {{c1::Atypical Ductal Hyperplasia (ADH)}} is a proliferation of intraductal luminal cells, representing …
Published	05/01/2023	Breast Imaging: Introduction to Breast Cancer {{c1::Flat epithelial atypia (FEA)}} and {{c2::Atypical Ductal Hyperplasia (ADH)}} are {{c3::non-obligat…
Published	05/01/2023	Breast Imaging: Introduction to Breast Cancer {{c1::Upstaging (or upgrading)}} refers to the diagnosis of a higher grade malignant lesion (such as Duc…
Published	05/01/2023	Breast Imaging: Introduction to Breast Cancer Management of high-risk lesions when identified via core needle biopsy is related to the {{c1::upstage r…
Published	05/01/2023	Breast Imaging: Introduction to Breast Cancer Risk factors for developing breast cancer include:• The two most important risk factors for breast cance…
Published	05/01/2023	Breast Imaging: Introduction to Breast Cancer Risk factors for developing breast cancer include prior biopsy result of one of the following high-risk …
Published	05/01/2023	Breast Imaging: Introduction to Breast Cancer Women with an inherited {{c1::BRCA1 or BRCA2}} mutation have greater than {{c2::50% chance (up to 80% ch…
Published	05/01/2023	Breast Imaging: Introduction to Breast Cancer {{c1::Ductal Carcinoma In Situ (DCIS)}} represents carcinoma contained within the {{c2::duct}}…
Published	05/01/2023	Breast Imaging: Introduction to Breast Cancer Ductal Carcinoma In Situ is most often {{c1::asymptomatic::symptomatic or asymptomatic}}
Published	05/01/2023	Breast Imaging: Introduction to Breast Cancer {{c1::High}} grade Ductal Carcinoma in Situ is more likely to progress to invasive carcinoma if not adeq…
Published	05/01/2023	Breast Imaging: Introduction to Breast Cancer The most common subtype of breast cancer is {{c1::invasive ductal carcinoma (IDC)}}, representing {…
Published	05/01/2023	Breast Imaging: Introduction to Breast Cancer {{c1::Invasive Ductal Carcinoma (IDC)}} presents as a palpable mass, with it's associated mammographic a…
Published	05/01/2023	Breast Imaging: Introduction to Breast Cancer {{c1::Basal-type breast}} carcinoma is a phenotype given to triple negative (ER, PR, and HER2/neu)&…
Published	05/01/2023	Breast Imaging: Introduction to Breast Cancer A number of less common subtypes make up {{c1::<10::}} percent of all breast cancers with some of the…
Published	05/01/2023	Breast Imaging: Introduction to Breast Cancer The triple negative breast cancer histologic subtypes that have better prognosis than IDC NOS …
Published	05/01/2023	Breast Imaging: Introduction to Breast Cancer {{c1::Tubular carcinoma}} is a low-grade histologic subtype of Invasive Ductal Carcinoma (IDC)&nbsp…
Published	05/01/2023	Breast Imaging: Introduction to Breast Cancer {{c1:: Mucinous carcinoma (ie. colloid carcinoma, mucoid carcinoma, and gelatinous carcinoma)}} is …
Published	05/01/2023	Breast Imaging: Introduction to Breast Cancer {{c1::Medullary carcinoma}} is a histologic subtype of Invasive Ductal Carcinoma (IDC)  that f…
Published	05/01/2023	Breast Imaging: Introduction to Breast Cancer {{c1::Encapsulated papillary carcinoma/solid papillary carcinoma}} is a histologic subtype of Invas…
Published	05/01/2023	Breast Imaging: Introduction to Breast Cancer {{c1::Adenoid cystic carcinoma}} is a histologic subtype of Invasive Ductal Carcinoma and a variant of a…
Published	05/01/2023	Breast Imaging: Introduction to Breast Cancer {{c1::Invasive lobular carcinoma (ILC)}} comprises approximately {{c2::5–10}}% of breast cancer cases
Published	05/01/2023	Breast Imaging: Introduction to Breast Cancer Compared to Invasive Ductal Carcinoma (IDC), {{c1::Invasive Lobular Carcinoma (ILC)}} is typically much …
Published	05/01/2023	Breast Imaging: Introduction to Breast Cancer {{c1::Inflammatory carcinoma}} is a very aggressive form of breast cancer that represents tumor invasion…
Published	05/01/2023	Breast Imaging: Introduction to Breast Cancer In a patient with inflmammatory carcinoma, on mammography the affected breast is {{c1::larger and denser…
Published	05/01/2023	Breast Imaging: Introduction to Breast Cancer {{c1::Paget disease of the nipple}} is a form of {{c2::Ductal Carcinoma in Situ (DCIS)}} that infiltrate…
Published	05/01/2023	Breast Imaging: Introduction to Breast Cancer In {{c1::non-metastatic}} invasive breast cancer, {{c2::axillary lymph node}} status is the most importa…
Published	05/01/2023	Breast Imaging: Introduction to Breast Cancer In invasive breast cancer, the primary method to detect axillary involvement is a {{c1::surgical sentine…
Published	05/01/2023	Breast Imaging: Introduction to Breast Cancer {{c1::Surgical sentinel lymph node}} biopsy {{c2::is not::is or is not}} routinely performed for Ductal …
Published	05/01/2023	Breast Imaging: Introduction to Breast Cancer In regards to breast cancer, {{c1::surgical axillary lymph node dissection}} has a {{c2::99%}} sensitivi…
Published	05/01/2023	Breast Imaging: Introduction to Breast Cancer In regards to breast cancer, patients with {{c1::estrogen receptor (ER)}} and {{c1::progesterone recepto…
Published	05/01/2023	Breast Imaging: Introduction to Breast Cancer Triple-negative breast cancers are {{c1::ER}}, {{c1::PR}}, and {{c1::HER2/neu }} negative, and the major…
Published	05/01/2023	Breast Imaging: Introduction to Breast Cancer {{c1::Triple-negative cancers}} account for the majority of breast cancers in patients with {{c2::BRCA1}…
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