Breast🍒 Flashcards
2 breast conditions commonly causing discharge?
Duct ectasia, duct papilloma
A common first symptom of testicular cancer?
Breast changes / gynaecomastia
Antibiotic for cellulitis in breast feeding women?
Flucloxacillin
Antibiotic for periductal mastitis in smokers?
Co-amoxiclav
What’s used as treatment to reduce local recurrence risk of breast cancer after lumpectomy?
Radiotherapy - with or without node involvement
What’s used as treatment to reduce systemic recurrence risk of breast cancer after surgery?
Chemotherapy
What type of disease is Paget’s of the breast?
Neoplastic
Tamoxifen MOA
Selective oestrogen receptor modulator (SERM)
Drug used in HER2+ breast cancer
Trastuzumab
Management of fat necrosis
Reassurance and routine follow-up
Drug used in post-menopausal women with ER+ breast cancer
Anastrozole
Anastrozole MOA
Aromatase inhibitor
Drug used most commonly in premenopausal breast cancer
Tamoxifen
When might a mastectomy be indicated?
Large, centrally located, or multifocal tumours