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Lecture 9.2: Breast Disease Flashcards

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Symptoms of Breast Disease

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Pain
Lump in Breast
Skin Changes (Excoriation)
Nipple Disorders

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What is Fibrocystic Breast (Fibroadenosis)?

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  • Breast tissue becomes composed of tissue that feels
    lumpy or rope like in texture
  • This called nodular or glandular breast tissue
  • Occurs mostly between 30 and 50
  • Linked to Oestrogen
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What is Benign Mammary Dysplasia?

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A group of conditions marked by changes in breast tissue that are benign

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Chronic Mastitis

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  • Occurs in women who are not breastfeeding
  • In postmenopausal women, breast infections may be
    associated with chronic inflammation of the ducts
    below the nipple
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Inflammatory Conditions of the Breast (3)

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  • Acute Mastitis
  • Mammary Duct Ectasia
  • Fat Necrosis
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What is Acute Mastitis/Lactation (Puerperal Mastitis)?

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  • Usually a bacterial infection and is seen most
    commonly in the postpartum period
  • Bacteria invade the breast through the small erosions
    in the nipple of a lactating woman, and an abscess can
    result
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What is Mammary Duct Ectasia?

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A benign breast condition that occurs when a milk duct in the breast widens and its walls thicken

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What is Fat Necrosis?

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Fat tissue in the breast or other organs is damaged by injury, surgery, or radiation therapy

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What is Gynaecomastia?

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A common condition that causes boys’ and men’s breasts to swell and become larger than normal

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Name 3 Benign Tumour-Like Lesions

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  • Fibroadenoma
  • Intraduct Papilloma
  • Lipoma
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Examples of Malignant Neoplasms (4)

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  • Ductal Adenocarcinoma
  • Lobular Adenocarcinoma
  • Sarcoma
  • Metastasis from other tissues
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What can cause Mastitis? (4)

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  • Infection
  • Congested Milk
  • No Hygiene
  • Baby sucks wrong
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What are Intraductal Papillomas?

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They are benign (noncancerous), wart-like tumours that grow within the milk ducts of the breast

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What is Sclerosing Adenosis?

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It is a benign proliferative condition of the terminal
duct lobular units characterised by an increased number of acini and their glands

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What are Fibroadenomas?

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Benign breast tumours consisting of both glandular and connective tissue: most common in women in their 20s and 30s

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What percentage of patients survive breast cancer for 10 or more years after the diagnosis?

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76%

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Most breast cancers are ……, which are tumours that start in the epithelial cells that line organs and tissues

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carcinomas

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Types of Breast Carcinomas and their Percentage Prevalence? (3)

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  • Invasive ductal carcinoma (50-70%)
  • Ductal carcinoma in situ (20%)
  • Invasive lobar carcinoma (10%)
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Pre-Invasive Breast Cancer: DCIS

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  • Ductal Carcinoma in situ
  • Spreads through ducts and distorts ductal architecture
  • Can progress to invasive cancer
  • Unilateral
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Pre-Invasive Breast Cancer: LICS

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  • Lobular Carcinoma in situ
  • Does not distort ductal architecture
  • Bilateral
  • Risk factor not a precursor
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Invasive Breast Cancer: NST

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  • Ductal Carcinoma No Special Type
  • Develops from DCIS
  • Fibrous response to produce a mass
  • Metastasises via lymphatics and blood
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Invasive Breast Cancer: ILC

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  • Lobular Carcinoma
  • Isolated Tumour Cells (CDH1 mutations)
  • Minimal Fibrous Response
  • Metastasises preferentially via viscera
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1 in XYZ women in the UK will develop breast cancer during their lifetime. What is the number XYZ?

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7

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Risk Factors Breast Cancer, Name 5 (15)

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  • Increased Age
  • Early Menarche (before 11)
  • Having the first pregnancy after age 30
  • Not breastfeeding
  • Never having a full-term pregnancy
  • Late menopause (after 55)
  • Endogenous Hormones
  • Oral Contraceptives
  • Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT)
  • Breast Density
  • Family History
  • Ionising Radiation
  • Overweight and Obesity
  • Alcohol
  • Smoking
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Breast Cancer Symptoms (9)
* Lumps * Nipple Discharge * Dimpling * Breast or Nipple Pain * Nipple Retraction/Inversion * Redness * Changes in Skin Texture * Lymph Node Changes * Swelling (changes in shape/size)
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How is Breast Cancer diagnosed? (6)
* Screening * Mammography * Ultrasonography * MRI * Biopsy * Histopathological Analysis
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What Biomarkers confirm Breast Cancer Diagnosis
* Ki67 * Oestrogen Receptor * Progesterone Receptor * HER2
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Stage 1 Breast Cancer
* Tumour is no more than 2cm in diameter * Cancer hasn’t spread to lymph nodes * Cancer hasn't spread outside of breast
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Stage 2 Breast Cancer
* Tumour is 2-5cm in diameter & cancer may have spread to axillary lymph nodes * Tumour is 5cm in diameter but not spread to axillary lymph nodes * Tumour is less than 2cm in diameter but cancer has spread to more than 3 axillary lymph nodes
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Stage 3 Breast Cancer
* Tumour is more than 5cm in diameter & cancer cells have spread to axillary lymph nodes, however nodes are unconnected * Tumour is smaller than 5cm in diameter & cancer cells have spread to nearby lymph nodes & nodes are growing into each other * Tumour is smaller than 5cm in diameter but cancer has spread to lymph node above collarbone
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Stage 4 Breast Cancer
Metastatic Breast Cancer
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Common Metastatic Sites in Breast Cancer
* Axillary Lymph Nodes * Mammary Internal Chain Lymph Nodes * Lungs * Bones * Liver * Peritoneal Metastasis
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Breast Cancer Molecular Subtypes (5)
* Luminal A * Normal-Like * Luminal B * HER2-enriched * Triple Negative
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What is the Oncotype DX Test?
* It is a genomic test used for early stage, ER+, HER2- breast cancers that analyses the expression of 16 cancer-related genes * These can affect how an early-stage breast cancer is likely to behave and respond to treatment
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How is the Oncotype DX Test a prognostic test?
Provides more information about how likely (or unlikely) the breast cancer is to come back
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How is the Oncotype DX Test a predictive test?
Since it predicts the likelihood of benefit from chemotherapy or radiation therapy
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Breast Cancer Management
Slide 33 & 34
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Breast Cancer Treatments (5)
* Surgery * Hormones * Targeted Therapy * Radiotherapy * Chemotherapy
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Adjuvant & Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy Drugs (5)
* Anthracyclines (doxorubicin) * Taxanes (paclitaxel) * 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) * Cyclophosphamide * Carboplatin
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What strategies are used to treat hormone-sensitive breast cancer? (4)
* Ovarian ablation by surgery (oophorectomy) or by radiation * Treatment with gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) agonists, aka luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone (LHRH) agonists (goserelin and leuprolide) * Blocking oestrogen production via Aromatase Inhibitors * Blocking oestrogen’s effects via selective oestrogen receptor modulators (SERMs) such as tamoxifen
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Examples of Aromatase Inhibitors
* Anastrozole * Letrozole * Exemestane
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Aromatase Inhibitors MOA
Lower oestrogen levels by stopping an enzyme in fat tissue (called aromatase) from changing other hormones into oestrogen
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How does Oestrogen cause cancer?
Cells from these types of cancer have receptor sites that bind to oestrogen, which promotes their growth and spread
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Tamoxifen MOA (Hormone Therapy)
Tamoxifen is metabolised via CYP2D6 into endoxifen, its primary active metabolite that blocks ER,
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Are Aromatase inhibitors or Tamoxifen better at reducing risk of breast cancer recurrence in premenopausal and postmenopausal women?
Aromatase inhibitors
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Targeted Therapy: Trastuzumab/Herceptin MOA (3 MOAs)
It is a humanised monoclonal antibody against HER2 receptor 1) Binding to HER2 results in inhibition of downstream pathways including MAPK and PI3K/Akt that lead to proliferation 2) Binding to HER2 attracts immune cells to tumour site and promotes ADCC 3) Binding to HER2 results in receptor internalisation and degradation
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Targeted Therapy: Pembrolizumab MOA
* A checkpoint inhibitor that targets the PD-1/PD-L1 pathway * Has been approved in combination with chemotherapy for patients with metastatic, PD-L1- positive triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC)
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What percentage of Breast Cancers are Familial Breast Cancer?
5-10% (vast majority of cancers are sporadic)
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What causes Familial Breast Cancer?
Characterised by mutations in BRCA1 and BRCA2 tumour suppressor genes that lead to loss of function of BRCA1 and BRCA2 proteins
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The lifetime risk of developing breast cancer in women inheriting a BRCA1 mutation is ...%?
55-65%
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The lifetime risk of developing breast cancer in women inheriting a BRCA2 mutation is ...%?
45%
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What other cancers are linked to BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations?
* Ovarian Cancers * Prostate Cancers
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Potential for Cancer Biomarkers (6)
* Estimate Risk of Developing Cancer * Screening * Differential Diagnosis * Determine Prognosis of Disease * Predict Response to Therapy * Monitor for Disease Recurrence
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BRCA1 and BRCA2 proteins are Caretakers of Chromosomal Stability, what does this mean?
They promote high fidelity homologous recombination repair of double-stranded DNA (DSDNA) breaks
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Targeted Therapy for Familial Breast Cancer
* PARP (poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase) inhibitors are used for the treatment of germline BRCA-mutated, HER2-negative breast cancers * The most widely used PARP inhibitor is currently olaparib (Lynparza) * PARP plays a central role in DNA repair including DNA damage caused by alkylating agents & chemo- therapeutic drugs
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What is the NHS Breast Screening Programme?
* Invites all women from the age of 50 to 70 for screening every 3 years * Breast screening uses a test called mammography which involves taking x-rays of the breasts
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Breast Cancer Self Examination
Monthly breast self-exams can help to detect changes that may be signs of infection or breast cancer (such as breast lumps or spots that feel different)
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Breast Cancer Prevention (3)
* Increased Mammography * Elective Surgery * Chemoprevention

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