Breast Cancer Flashcards
Assessment of breast cancer
Mass felt during BSE
Mammogram
A non movable painless/painful mass
Usually only one breast involved
Change in size, color, contour or texture
Skin dimpling, puckering, nipple discharge, nipple retraction
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Late signs of breast cancer
Pain
Ulceration
Cachexia
Diagnosis order
BSE
Clinical exam
Mammogram
Ultrasound (determine blood flow)
Biopsy
Axillary lymph node status
Diagnostic test BRCA or BRCA 2
HER 2
Estrogen and progesterone receptors
Biopsy
Aspiration
Incisional
Excisional
Incisional
When only portion of a tumor is removed
Incisional
When only portion of a tumor is removed
Aspiration
a small amount of breast tissue or fluid is removed from a suspicious area with a thin, hollow needle and checked for cancer cells
Excisional
When entire tumor is removed
Preoperative care
Emotional support
General pre op teaching
Specific training
Simple masectomy
Just the breast tissue
Radical modified mastectomy
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What can prevent lymphedema
Elevation ROM ADL protect
Intermittent compression sleeve manual massage elevation diuretics
