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1
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How does menstruation affect breast pain?

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Can make it worse or relieves it

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2
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What percentage of breast pain is breast cancer?

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2.7 percent

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3
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What are the initial steps in assessing a breast lump or breast pain?

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History
Examination
Mammogram

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4
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What is the second step in assessing breast pain?

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Pain charts - looking at timing and severity

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5
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What are the initial concerns when dealing with breast pain?

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Correctly fitting bra
Weight
Exercise can make the pain worse
Stressors

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6
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How is breast pain treated?

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Reassurance
Evening primrose oil or phytoestrogens
Reduced fat intake
Medications (tamoxifen, dazolol, zoladex, bromocriptine)

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7
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What is done in the breast one stop clinic?

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History and examination
Triple assessment of mammography + USS + cytology/histology
Same day diagnosis

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8
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What are the histological features of fibroadenoma?

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Made up of stomal tissue and proliferative epithelium

Arise from lobular unit

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9
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In over 40s, what consideration must be made when dealing with fibroadenoma?

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Differentiate from cancer

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10
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Which other condition is easily mistaken for fibroadenoma?

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Phyllodes tumour

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11
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What the features of a phyllodes tumour?

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Rare - less than one percent of breast lumps
Women generally older
Fibroepithelial tumour

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12
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How is a phyllodes tumour treated?

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Wide local excision

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13
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How are breast cysts classified?

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Microcyst and macrocyst

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14
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When do breast cysts normally present?

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Perimenopause

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15
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How is a breast cyst managed?

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Aspiration

Surgical excision occasionally needed

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16
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Which condition can lead to breast fibrosis?

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Involution of breast (epithelial tissue lost with ageing of mammary gland)

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17
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What are the clinical features of sclerosing adenosis?

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Painful palpable mass

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18
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What are the histological features of sclerosing adenosine?

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Stromal sclerosis
Proliferative adenosine
Micro calcification
Myoepithelial proliferation

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19
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Is a radial scar an example of a sclerotic or fibrotic lesion?

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Yes

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20
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What size is a radial scar?

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Less than 1cm

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21
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What size is a complex sclerosing lesion?

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Greater than 1cm

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22
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What are the clinical features of both radial scars and complex sclerosing lesions?

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Asymptomatic

Hard to differentiate from malignancy

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23
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Give examples of Non-ANDI (aberrations in normal development and involution) breast lumps?

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Infections
Lipomas
Montgomerys gland
Mondor's disease
Male gynaecomastia
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24
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How are infectious lumps classified?

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Lactational or non lactational

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25
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Describe a Montgomery’s gland?

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Small periareolar glands around the nipple that may develop as a cyst

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26
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What is Mondor’s disease?

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Thrombophlebitis of the superficial breast veins

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27
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What may be evident on examination with malignant breast lumps?

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Size
Irregular
Fixity
Consistency
Lymph node status
Peau d' orange
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28
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What is the reporting for breast lumps after triple assessment?

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Normal or cytology insufficient
Benign
Indeterminate - probably benign
Cancer suspected
Cancer
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29
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What is the most common breast cancer type?

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Infiltrating ductal carcinoma

30
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What is the second most common breast cancer type?

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Ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS)

31
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How is breast cancer histology assessed?

A

Type of cancer
Grade (TNM)
Receptor status (ER, Progesterone and HER2)

32
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Which receptors are important to look for in breast cancer?

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ER
Progesterone
HER2

33
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What is the first line treatment for breast cancer?

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Surgery (breast conserving or mastectomy)

34
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What are second line treatments in breast cancer?

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Chemo (adjuvant or neoadjuvant)
Endocrine
Radiotherapy

35
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Which lymphatic surgery may occur in breast cancer?

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Sentinal node sampling or axillary node clearance

36
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What medication is given pre menopausal in breast cancer?

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Tamoxifen

37
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Which medication is given post menopausal in breast cancer?

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Aromatase inhibitors

38
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Other than breast cancer, how else can tamoxifen be used?

A

In breast pain

39
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How does tamoxifen work?

A

Blocks oestrogen receptors (ER)

40
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Give an example of an aromatase inhibitor?

A

Anastrozole

41
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Which countries have the highest incidence of breast cancer?

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North America
New Zealand and Australia
Western Europe

42
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What are the risk factors for breast cancer?

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Age
Nullparity
Obesity
Excess alcohol
First pregnancy after 30
Family history
PMH of breast cancer
Increased oestrogen exposure
Premalignant breast change
43
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What is considered a high risk family history of breast cancer?

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4 plus relatives with breast or ovarian cancer
3 relatives under 60
2 relatives under 40
1 relative with bilateral breast cancer

44
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Outline the breast cancer screening programme?

A

Mammography every 3 years in women aged 50 - 70

45
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What imaging modality should be used in pre menopausal women with a high breast cancer risk?

A

MRI

46
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What are the invasive types of breast cancer?

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Infiltrating ductal or lobular

Medullary, mucinous and tubular carcinomas

47
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Which breast cancers are uncommon?

A

Inflammatory carcinoma

Paget’s disease of the breast

48
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What percentage of invasive breast cancers are ductal?

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80 percent

49
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What percentage of invasive breast cancers are lobular?

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10 percent

50
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What percentage of invasive breast cancers are medullary?

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5 percent

51
Q

What is the clinical presentation of breast cancer?

A 
Mass and pain in the axilla
Palpable mass in the breast
Thickening and pain in the breast
Nipple discharge +/- retraction 
Peau d' orange (inflammatory)
Fixed and hard lump
52
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How is breast cancer locally controlled?

A

Surgery and radiotherapy

53
Q

How are systemic micro metastases managed in breast cancer?

A

Chemotherapy
Biological agents
Bisphosphonates

54
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What are the common sites of breast cancer metastases?

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Brain
Lymph nodes
Pleura
Lungs
Skin
Liver 
Bone
55
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How beneficial is tamoxifen in the early treatment of breast cancer?

A

Gives 25 percent reduction in mortality over 20 years

56
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Where does local metastases occur in breast cancer?

A

Chest wall and skin

57
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What are the common sites of breast cancer recurrence?

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Chest wall and skin

58
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What is the 2 year survival in metastatic disease?

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95 percent

59
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How should metastatic breast cancer be treated?

A

palliative

serial application of breast cancer treatment for remission and to improve quality of life

60
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What is the average response time to chemo in metastatic breast cancer?

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20 months

61
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When is anti oestrogen therapy beneficial in breast cancer treatment?

A

ER positive

62
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Which endocrine treatment can be given in pre menopausal breast cancer?

A

Medroxy progesterone acetate
Oophorectomy
GnRH analogues (gosarelin and lesopropelin)
SERMs e.g. tamoxifen, fulvestant

63
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Which endocrine treatment is used to treat post menopausal breast cancer?

A

Aromatase inhibitors e.g. anostrazole, letrazole and exemastane
Give premenopausal treatment as well

64
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Why should bisphosphonates be given as supportive treatment in breast cancer?

A

Oestrogen suppression in breast cancer treatment can lead to osteoporosis and bisphosphonates will help with this

65
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Which pathway should be followed if the patient is experiencing a lot of pain?

A

Analgesic ladder

66
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What is a Tx staging?

A

Primary tumour cannot be assessed

67
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What is T0 staging?

A

There is no evidence of a primary tumour

68
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What is T1 staging?

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Tumour is 2cm or less

69
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What is T2 staging?

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The tumour is between 2 and 5cm

70
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What is T3 staging?

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Tumour is greater than 5cm

71
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What is a T4 tumour?

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Any size with extension to the chest wall and skin

Met 3b (5 decks)

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