Fiser Chapter 24 BREAST Flashcards

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Breast develops from what

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Ectoderm milk streak

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Estrogen, progesterone, and prolactin in breast development

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Estrogen -> duct development (double layer of columnar cells)

Progesterone -> lobular development

Prolactin -> synergizes estrogen and progesterone

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Cyclic hormone changes in breast

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Estrogen -> increases breast swelling and growth of glandular tissue

Progesterone -> increases maturation of glandular tissue, withdrawal causes menses

FSH, LH surge -> ovum release

After menopause, lack of estrogen and progesterone results in atrophy of breast tissue

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Long thoracic nerve

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Serratus anterior; injury causes winged scapula

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Blood and nerve supply to serratus anterior

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Long thoracic nerve

Lateral thoracic artery

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Thoracodorsal nerve

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Latissimus dorsi; injury causes weak arm pull-ups and adduction

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Blood and nerve supply to latissimus dorsi

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Thoracodorsal nerve

Thoracodorsal artery

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Pectoralis muscle nerves

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Pectoralis major: medial pectoral nerve, lateral pectoral nerve

Pectoralis minor: medial pectoral nerve

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Intercostobrachial nerve

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Lateral cutaneous branch of 2nd intercostal nerve

Provides sensation to medial arm and axilla; encountered just below axillary vein when performing ax dissection; can transect without serious consequences

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Breast blood supply

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Branches of internal thoracic artery, intercostal arteries, thoracoacromial artery, and lateral thoracic artery

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Batson’s plexus

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Valveless vein plexus that allows direct hematogenous metastasis of breast CA to spine

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Breast lymphatic drainage

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97% to axillary nodes

2% to internal mammary nodes (any quadrant can drain to internal mammary nodes)

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Primary axillary adenopathy

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1 is lymphoma

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Breast cancer with positive supraclavicular nodes

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N3 disease

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Cooper’s ligaments

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Suspensory ligaments; divide breast into segments

Breast CA involving these strands can dimple the skin

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Breast abscess most common bacteria

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Staph aureus; strep

Usually associated with breastfeeding

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Breast abscess tx

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Perc or I&D; discontinue breast feeding; breast pump, antibiotics

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Infectious mastitis most common bacteria

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S aureus most common in nonlactating women, can be due to chronic inflammatory diseases (actinomyces) or autimmune disease (SLE) -> may need to r/o necrotic cancer (need incision biopsy including skin)

Most commonly associated with breastfeeding though

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Smoker with nipple piercing, presents with noncyclical mastodynia, erythema, nipple retraction, creamy discharge from nipple. On biopsy has dilated mammary ducts, inspissated secretions, marked periductal inflammation

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Periductal mastitis: mammary duct ectasisa or plasma cell mastitis

-can have sterile or infected subareolar abscess

  • Tx: ABX and reassurance, if typical creamy discharge is present that is not bloody and not associated with nipple retraction
    • If bloody or nipple retraction or recurs, INCISIONAL BIOPSY WITH SKIN to r/o inflammatory breast CA
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Lactating woman with breast cyst filled with milk

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Glactocele

Tx: Aspiration or I&D

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Causes of galactorrhea

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  • Increased prolactin (pituitary prolactinoma)
  • OCPs
  • TCAs
  • Phenothiazines
  • Metoclopramide
  • Alpha-methyl dopa
  • Reserpine

-Often associated with amenorrhea

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Gynecomastia causes

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  • Cimetidine
  • Spironolactone
  • Marijuana
  • Most are idiopathic
  • 2-cm pinch
  • Tx: will likely regress; may need to resect if cosmetically deforming or causing social problems
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Neonatal breast enlargement due to what

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Circulating maternal estrogens; will regress

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Accessory breast tissue (most common in axilla)

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Polythelia

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Most common breast anomaly
Accessory nipples (can be found from axilla to groin)
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Side effect of breast reduction
Compromised lactation
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Hypoplasia of chest wall, amastia, hypoplastic shoulder, no pectoralis muscle
Poland's syndrome
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Mastodynia workup, tx
Cyclic mastodynia: pain before menstrual period, most commonly from fibrocystic disease Continuous mastodynia: most commonly represents acute or subacute infection; continuous mastodynia is more refractory to treatment than cyclic mastodynia Dx: H&P, bilateral mammogram Tx: danazol, OCPs, NSAIDs, evening primrose oild, bromocriptine, stop caffeine/nicotine/methylxanthines
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Superficial vein thrombophlebitis of breast; feels cordlike; can be painful
Mondor's disease - Associated with trauma and strenuous exercise - Usually in lower outer quadrant Tx: NSAIDs
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Breast pain, nipple discharge (yellow-to-brown), lumpy breast tissue, varies with hormonal cycle; dx and cancer risk?
Fibrocystic disease (many types- papillomatosis, sclerosing adenosis, apocrine metaplasia, duct adenosis, epithelial hyperplasia, ductal hyperplasia, lobular hyperplasia) - Only cancer risk is in ATYPICAL DUCTAL OR LOBULAR HYPERPLASIA. Resect these lesions - Do NOT need negative margins with atypical hyperplasia, just remove all suspicious areas (ie calcifications) that appear on mammogram
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Most common cause of bloody nipple discharge; dx; cancer risk?
Intraductal papilloma: usually small, nonpalpable, close to nipple NOT premalignant -Contrast ductogram to find papilloma then needle localization; tx subareolar resection of involved duct and papilloma
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Most common breast lesion in adolescents and young women
Fibroadenoma
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Young woman with painless, slow growing, well circumscribed, firm, rubbery lesion, changes in size with menstrual cycle
Fibroadenoma: 10% are multiple Biopsy: fibrous tissue compressing epithelial cells Mammo: can have large, course calcifications (popcorn lesions) on mammography from degeneration <40yo: as long as clinically benign (firm, rubbery, rolls, mobile), US or mammo consistent with fibroadenoma, and RNA or core needle biopsy shows fibroadenoma, CAN OBSERVE; otherwise excisional biopsy (also excise if growing). Avoid resection in teens and children as can affect breast development >40yo: excisional biopsy to ensure diagnosis
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Nipple discharge
- Get H&P, bilateral mammo - Usually benign - Try to find trigger point of mass on exam, if cannot find then may need COMPLETE subareolar resection
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Green nipple discharge
Fibrocystic disease: if cyclical and nonspontaneous, reassure patient.
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Bloody nipple discharge
Most commonly intraductal papilloma, but occasionally ductal CA: need ductogram and EXCISION of that ductal area
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Serous nipple discharge
Worrisome for cancer, especially if coming from only 1 duct or spontaneous: EXCISIONAL biopsy of that ductal area
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Spontaneous nipple discharge
No matter what color or consistency, is worrisome for CA: EXCISIONAL biopsy of duct area causing the discharge
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Nonspontaneous nipple discharge (only with pressure, tight garments, exercise, etc)
Not as worrisome but may still need excisional biopsy (eg if bloody)
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Cluster of calcifications on mammography, pathology shows malignant cells of ductal epithelium without invasion of BM
DCIS: - Premalignant: 50% get cancer of same breast if not resected; 5% get cancer of other breast - Can have solid, cribriform, papillary, and comedo patterns. - COMEDO MOST AGGRESSIVE SUBTYPE: necrotic areas, high risk for multicentricity, microinvasion, recurrence. Tx: Simple mastectomy - Also higher recurrence if > 2.5 cm
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DCIS treatment
Lumpectomy and XRT. Need 1 cm margins (?). Simple mastectomy if high grade (eg comedo type, multicentric, multifocal), if large tumor not amenable to lumpectomy, or not able to get good margins; then maybe SLNB NO ALND OR SLNB Possibly tamoxifen
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LCIS
Marker for development of breast ca (not premalignant itself): 40% get cancer (either breast, more likely ductal cancer); 5% risk of having synchronous breast CA at time of diagnosis - Primarily found in premenopausal women - NO calcifications, not palpable, usually incidental finding, multifocal disease common - Tx: nothing, tamoxifen, or bilateral subcutaneous mastectomy (no ALND); do NOT need negative margins
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Indications for surgical biopsy after core biopsy
- Atypical ductal hyperplasia - Atypical lobular hyperplasia - Radial scar - LCIS - Columnar cell hyperplasia with atypia - Papillary lesions - Lack of concordance between appearance of mammographic lesion and histologic diagnosis - Nondiagnostic specimen (including absence of calcifications on specimen radiograph when biopsy performed for calcifications)
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Breast cancer epidemiology
- Less in poor areas - Japan lowest rate - 1 in 8 women (12%) in US; 5% in women with no risk factors - Screening decreases mortality by 25% - Untreated: median survival 2-3 years - 10% of breast CAs have negative mammogram and US
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Clinical features of breast CA
- Distortion of normal architecture - Skin/nipple distortion or retraction - Hard, tethered, indistinct borders
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Symptomatic breast mass workup
<40yo: US and core needle bx (consider FNA), mammogram if exam or US indeterminate or suspicious for CA otherwise avoid radiation >40yo: bilateral mammograms, US, core needle biopsy - If CNBx or FNA indeterminate, non-diagnostic, or non-concordant with exam findings/imaging -> EXCISIONAL BIOPSY - Cyst fluid: if bloody or complex, need excisional biopsy; if clear and recurs, need excisional biopsy
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Difference between CNBx and FNA
CNBx gives architecture FNA gives cytology (just the cells)
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Mammography sensitivity, specificity, cancer features
90% sensitivity and specificity (sensitivity increases with age as dense parenchymal tissue replaced with fat) Mass must be at least 5 mm to be detected Cancer features: irregular borders; speculated; multiple clustered, small, thin, linear, crushed-like and/or branching calcifications; ductal asymmetry, distortion of architecture
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BI-RADS classification of mammographic abnormalities
1. Negative -> routine screening 2. Benign finding -> routine screening 3. Probably benign finding -> short interval follow-up 4. Suspicious abnormality (eg indeterminate calcifications or architecture) -> Definite probability of CA; get CNBx 5. Highly suggestive of CA (suspicious calcifications or architecture) -> High probability of CA; get CNBx
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CNBx shows non-diagnostic, indeterminate, or benign but non-cordinant with mammogram -> next step?
Needle localization excisional biopsy Benign and concordant with BI-RADS 4 mammo, then 6 month follow-up
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What's the point of CNBx in BI-RADS 4 and 5?
Allows appropriate staging with SLNBx (mass still present) and one-step surgery (avoids 2 surgeries) for patients diagnosed with breast Ca
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Breast cancer screening
40yo: mammogram every 2-3 years 50yo: mammogram yearly High-risk: mammogram 10 years before the youngest age of diagnosis of breast CA in first-degree relative
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Node levels
I: lateral to pec minor II: beneath pec minor III: medial to pec minor Rotter's nodes: between pec major and pec minor ALND: take level I and II (and III only if grossly involved)
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Most important prognostic staging factor in breast cancer?
Nodes: survival is directly related to the number of positive nodes 0: 75% 5-year survival 1-3: 60% 5-year survival 4-10: 40% 5-year survival Other: size, grade, hormone receptor status Central and subareolar tumors have increase risk of multicentricity Takes about 5-7 years to go from single malignant cell to 1 cm tumor
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Most common site for distant metastasis in breast disease
Bone Other: lung, liver, brain
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Breast cancer T staging
T1: up to 2 cm T2: 2-5 cm in greatest dimension T3: > 5 cm T4: any size, but direct extension to chest wall (not including pec muscle), skin edema, ulceration, satellite skin nodules, or inflammatory carcinoma = stage IIIB
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Breast cancer N staging
N0: none N1: 1-3 axillary nodes or path positive IM nodes N2: 4-9 axillary nodes or clinically apparent IM nodes N3: 10 or more axillary nodes, or in infraclavicular nodes, or in axillary and IM nodes, or supraclavicular nodes
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Breast cancer M staging
M1 distant metastasis = Stage IV
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Who has greatly increased breast cancer risk (relative risk >4)?
- BRCA gene in patient with family history of breast cancer - At least 2 primary relatives with bilateral or premenopausal breast cancer - DCIS (ipsilateral breast at risk) or LCIS (both breasts have same high risk) - Fibrocystic disease with ATYPICAL HYPERPLASIA
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Who has moderately increased breast cancer risk (relative risk 2-4)?
- Prior breast cancer - Radiation exposure - First-degree relative with breast cancer - Age > 35 first birth
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Who has lower increased breast cancer risk (relative risk <2)?
- Early menarche - Late menopausea - Nulliparity - Proliferative benign disease - Obesity - Alcohol use - Hormone replacement therapy
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BRCA I and II (+ family history of breast cancer) and lifetime cancer risk
BRCA I: breast (60%), ovarian ca (40%), and male (1%) BRCA II: breast (60%), male breast ca (10%), and ovarian (10%) -Higher breast ca risk if first degree relative with bilateral premenopausal breast cancer
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BRCA families with history of breast cancer, what is treatment?
- Consider total abdominal hysterectomy and bilateral salpingooophorectomy - Consider prophylactic mastectomy
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Who should consider prophylactic mastectomy?
- Family history + BRCA - LCIS - But also need one of: high anxiety, poor access for follow-up and mammos, difficult lesion to follow on exam or with mammos, or patient preference for mastectomy
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Breast cancer receptors
- Positive receptos have better response to hormones, chemotherapy, surgery, and better overall prognosis; receptor-positive tumors are more common in Postmenopausal women - PR positive tumors have better prognosis than ER positive tumors - Tumors that are both PR and ER positive have the best prognosis - 10% of all breast ca is negative for both receptors
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Male breast cancer: what type is it? prognosis? associations? treatment?
-Usually ductal <1% of all breast cancers - Poorer prognosis d/t late presentation - Increased pectoral muscle involvement - Associated with steroid use, previous XRT, family history, Klinefelter's syndrome Tx: MRM
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What percentage of breast cancer is ductal versus lobular?
85% ductal, 10% lobular
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Ductal breast cancer subtypes
- Medullary - Tubular - Mucinous - Scirrhotic
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What kind of breast cancer has smooth borders, increased lymphocytes, bizarre cells
-Medullary (ductal cancer)
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What kind of breast cancer has small tubule formations?
-Tubular (ductal)
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What kind of breast cancer produces an abundance of mucin?
-Mucinous/colloid (ductal)
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What kind of breast cancer has a bad prognosis?
Scirrhotic (ductal)
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Breast cancer tx
MRM or BCT with postop XRT
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What kind of breast cancer does not form calcifications?
Lobular breast cancer: no calcs, extensively infiltrative, more often bilateral, multifocal and multicentric -Signet ring cells confer worse prognosis
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What kind of breast cancer has dermal lymphatic invasion?
Inflammatory breast cancer: considered T4 disease, very aggressive (median survival 36 months) -Peau d'orange lymphedema appearance on breast; erythematous and warm
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Tx of inflammatory breast cancer
Neoadjuvant chemo, then MRM, then adjuvant chemo-XRT (most common method)
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Surgical options for breast cancer
1. Subcutaneous mastectomy (simple mastectomy): leaves 1-2% of breast tissue, preserves nipple; ONLY FOR DCIS AND LCIS (not breast cancer) 2. Breast-conserving therapy = lumpectomy, quadrectomy, etc. plus ALND or SLNB; combined with postop XRT; need 1 cm margin (?) 3. Modified radical mastectomy: removes all breast tissue including nipple areolar complex; includes ALND (level I nodes)
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Contraindications to BCT in invasive carcinoma
ABSOLUTE: - two or more primary tumors in separate quadrants - positive margins after reasonable surgical attempts - pregnancy (no XRT; but may be ok if in 3rd trimester and can do XRT postpartum) - History of prior breast XRT that would result in retreatment to an excessively high radiation dose - Diffuse malignant-appearing calcifications RELATIVE: - History of scleroderma or active SLE - Large tumor in small breast that would have cosmetic result unacceptable to patient - Very large or pendulous breasts if reproducibility of patient setup and adequate dose homogeneity cannot be ensured
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Advantages of SLN over ALND
- Fewer complications | - Usually find 1-3 nodes; 95% of the time, the sentinel node is found
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SLNB indications
- Only for malignant tumors > 1cm - Accuracy best when primary tumor is present (finds right lymphatic channels) - Well suited for small tumors with low risk of axillary metastases
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SLNB contraindications
- Clinically positive nodes -> ALND - If no radiotracer or dye is found during SLNB -> ALND - Multicentric disease, neoadjuvent therapy, prior axillary surgery, inflammatory or locally advanced disease, pregnancy
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SLNB procedure
Lymphazurin blue dye or radiotracer is injected directly into tumor area -Lumphazurin blue dye has had Type I Hypersensitivity reactions reported
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ALND procedure (what nodes are taken?)
Level I and II nodes
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Complications of MRM
Infection Flap necrosis Seromas
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Complications of ALND
- Infection - Lymphedema - Lymphangiosarcoma - Axillary vein thrombosis - Lymphatic fibrosis - Intercostal brachiocutaneous nerve injury
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Sudden, early, postop swelling after ALND
Axillary vein thrombosis
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Slow swelling over 18 months after ALND
Lymphatic fibrosis
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Hyperesthesia of inner arm and lateral chest wall after ALND
Intercostal brachiocutaneous nerve injury: most commonly injured nerve after mastectomy; no significant sequelae
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Breast cancer XRT
-5,000 rad for BCT and XRT
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Complications of XRT
- Edema - Erythema - Rib fractures - Pneumonitis - Ulceration - Sarcoma - Contralateral breast cancer
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Contraindications to breast cancer XRT
- Scleroderma, SLE, active rheumatoid arthritis | - Previous XRT and would exceed recommended dose
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Indications for XRT after mastectomy
> 4 nodes Skin or chest wall involvement Inflammatory cancer Positive margins Tumor > 5 cm (T3) Fixed axillary nodes (N2) or internal mammary nodes (N3) Extracapsular nodal invasion (?)
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BCT with XRT methods
Need negative margins (1 cm) following BCT before starting XRT 10% chance of local recurrence, usually within 2 years of 1st operation, need to re-stage with recurrence Need salvage MRM with local recurrence
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Breast cancer recurrence (in same site) after BCT, what is treatment?
Salvage MRM (must also re-stage)
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Breast cancer chemotherapy indications
-Positive nodes (unless postmenopausal with positive nodes -> then anastrozole) >1 cm tumor (unless positive estrogen receptors -> tamoxifen or anastrozole) After chemo, patients positive for ER should receive appropriate hormonal therapy
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Chemotherapy used for breast cancer
TAC for 6-12 weeks - Taxanes (docetaxel, paclitaxel) - Adriamycin - Cyclophosphamide
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Tamoxifen effect on recurrence; side effects
Decreases by 50% Side effects: - blood clots (1%) - endometrial cancer (0.1%)
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Who has increased recurrences and metastases?
- Positive nodes - Large tumors - Negative receptors - Unfavorable subtype
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Woman with history of breast cancer has bone pain, swelling, erythema
Metastatic flare: XRT can help, and is good for bone mets
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Woman presents with breast cancer in axilla but cannot find primary
Occult breast cancer Tx: MRM (70% are found to have breast cancer)
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Woman with scaly skin lesion on nipple; dx and tx
Paget's disease: biopsy shows paget cells -Patients have DCIS or ductal CA in breast Tx: MRM if cancer present, otherwise simple mastectomy (must include nipple areolar xomplex with Paget's)
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Large tumor with stromal and epithelial elements (mesenchymal tissue)
Cystosarcoma phylloides - 10% malignant, based on mitoses per hpf (> 5-10) - Hematogenous spread rare; NO nodal mets - Resembles giant fibroadenoma; can be large Tx: WLE with negative margins; NO ALND
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Dark purple nodule or lesion on arm 5-10 years after ALND
Stewart-Treves syndrome: Lymphangiosarcoma from chronic lymphedema following axillary dissection
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Breast mass in pregnancy
-US (although both mammogram and US do not work as well during pregnancy) - If cyst -> drain, send FNA for cytology - If solid -> core needle biopsy or FNA -Equivocal biopsy -> excisional biopsy
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Breast cancer in pregnancy
- Tends to present late -> worse prognosis - No XRT while pregnant; no breastfeeding after delivery 1st trimester: MRM 2nd trimester: MRM 3rd trimester: MRM or if late can perform lumpectomy with ALND and postpartum XRT