Female Flashcards
What general principle increases breast cancer risk
life long estrogen exposure
↑ estrogen –> ↑ breast ca risk
ex: obesity, nulliparity, HRT
Race with highest BC risk
white
Menarche and breast cancer
menarche after age 13 is protective
Tolterodine
anticholinergic
rx for urge incontinence, overactive bladder
Phyllodes tumor
rare
unilateral, smooth, painless breast mass
Breast side effect of OCP
breast tenderness
typically subsides after a few months
Breast ca w/ bloody nipple discharge
intraductal papilloma
Fibroadenoma
single, unilateral, mobile breast mass
can very w/ menses
Fibrocystic changes
diffusely nodular, bilateral, tender
flucuates with menses
rx: NSAIDs or OCPs
Fibrocystic change vs fibroadenoma
Both cycle w/ meses and have mass/es
fibrocystic= multiple adenoma= singular
rhabdomyosarcoma
rare
nodules resemble grapes protruding from vagina
tamoxifen/ raloxifen side effects
hot flash
venous thromboembolism
tamoxifen only: endometrial carcinoma / polyps
Factors asc. w/ ovarian cancer
infertility, family hx of brca, nulliparity
Mammogram before age ___ is pretty much useless
30
Under 30 with persistent mass
ultrasound