Breast & endocrine Flashcards
High risk family history of breast cancer
3+ family members with breast cancer
OR
2+ members with breast cancer (one with bilateral disease)
OR
1+ immediate family member with breast cancer younger than 40y/o at diagnosis
Percentage of breast cancers confirmed by triple assessment
Over 90%
Why is mammogram more efficient in older women than younger
Depends on fat replacement to tell dense changes compared to loose surrounding fat
Dense breasts make mammography less sensitive to small change
Benefits of breast ultrasound
- Determines if lesion is solid OR fluid-filled OR both
- Used in younger patients, and as a supplemental imaging with mammography
- Can also be used to guide biopsy
Findings of breast fibroadenoma on imaging
Elliptical shape
Regular
Findings of breast carcinoma on imaging
Invasive, irregular, shadowing
What does the triple test for breast cancer entail
Clinical examination
Imaging (mammogram or USS)
Fine needle biopsy
What to do if triple assessment is discordant in work up of breast lesion
Perform core or open biopsy to confirm diagnosis
What to do with results for breast lesion FNA
Cellular and benign - accept unless inconsistent with imaging (repeat with core biopsy)
Cellular atypia - core or open biopsy
Suspicious - repeat with core or open biopsy
malignant - progress to treatment
Management of breast cancer
Wide excision of primary tumour + mastectomy OR radiotherapy to remaining tissue
Surgical removal of sentinel nodes for assessment of local spread and need for adjuvant tx
Metastasis: chemotherapy, hormonal therapy (tamoxifen), herceptin
Indications for breast conserving surgery
Early breast cancer
Small cancers (less than 3cm or less than 4cm in large breasts)
Need for small excision without cosmetic detriment
Single tumours
T1-2 minimal nodal involvment, MO
Contraindications for breast conserving surgery in breast cancer
T4, N2 or M1 Patient choice Strong family history (e.g. BRCA) Incomplete excision Multi-centric cancers
Indications for total mastectomy
Large cancer, small breasts Extensive nodal disease Multiple cancers Patient Choice Following attempted, failed breast conserving surgery
Complications of axillary clearance
Seroma Infection Injury to motor and/or sensory nurves Lymphoedema reduced shoudler mobility
Indications for radiotherapy in breast cancer
Inoperable cancer
- after conservative surgery
- post-mastectomy (involved nodes, extensive primary, vascular invasion)
Advanced local disease
Metastatic disease (palliation of bone disease and local recurrence)
Types of systemic therapy in breast cancer
Chemotherapy Hormone therapy (e.g. tamoxifen) Biological therapy (e.g. herceptin)
Clinical features of breast fibroadenoma
Detection of mobile lump on self-examination
May grow during pregnancy
Well-defined mobile mass (breast mouse)
Usually in upper outer quadrant
Ultrasound of breast fibroadenoma
Well-circumscribed, round-ovoid mass, generally uniform hypoechogenicity
Management of breast fibroadenoma
Core biopsy or follow-up in 6 months
Surgical excision if symptomatic or patient choice
- cryoablation also an option
If increase in size, excise to exclude malignant change
Clinical features of intraductal papilloma of breast
Nipple discharge (bloody or clear) for less than 6 months (spontaneous and intermittent), sense of fullness below the nipple relieved by passage of discharge