All things Breast + Gyn Flashcards
Modifiable Breast Cancer Risks
Alcohol use, weight, physical activity, radiation, occupational exposures, environment
Non-modifiable Breast Cancer Risks
Being a female, Aging, Ethnicity/Race, Hormones, Certain breast conditions (LCIS, atypical hyperplasia), DNA
Non-cancerous breast findings
Cysts, fibroadenomas, hyperplasia, papilloma, calcifications, radial scar, phyllodes tumor, lobular carcinoma in situ, atypical ductal hyperplasia, atypical lobular hyperplasia, flat epithelia atypia
Cancerous breast findings
ductal carcinoma in situ, invasive carcinoma (ductal, lobular, tubular, mutinous, medullary. Paget’s disease), phyllodes tumor,
inflammatory breast cancer
what can be both a non-cancerous and cancerous breast finding
phyllodes tumor
rare breast tumors that start in the connective (stromal) tissue of the breast, not the ducts or glands (which is where most breast cancers start). Most phyllodes tumors are benign and only a small number are malignant (cancer)
NCCN breast screening guidelines for woman of average risk
annual mammogram at 40
Treatments for breast cancer
surgery, chemo, radiation, hormonal therapy (tamoxifen), immunotherapy, PARP inhibitors
Modifiable cancer risks
obesity, medications, smoking, IUD, environment*
non-modifiable cancer risks
aging, being female, heredity, hormonal factors (early menarche, late menopause), chronic conditions, estrogen secreting tumor, infetitily
Non-cancerous gynecologic findings
fibroid, polyps, cysts, endometrioma, cystadenoma, teratoma, germ cell tumors, sex cord stromal tumors, endometrial hyperplasia with atypia, endometrial intraepithelial neoplasia, borderline ovarian
Cancerous gynecologic findings
epithelial carcinoma, endometrial cancer, germ cell tumors, sex cord stromal tumors
Ways to find gynecologic cancers
pelvic exam, pelvic or vaginal US, pelvic MRI, blood testing (CA-125), biopsy
When is routine screening for ovarian cancer performed
if there is a strong family history
treatments for GYN cancers
surgery (i.e. TAH, BSO), chemo, radiation, progestin
BRCA1 Cancer Risks
Breast (40-87)
Ovarian (16-59)
Prostate (16)
Pancreatic (1-3)
Male breast (1-2)
BRCA2 Cancer Risks
breast (40-85)
prostate (27)
Ovarian (17-27)
Male breast (7-8)
Pancreatic (increased)
melanoma (increased)