mammary disease

Question 1

Is mammary neoplasia more common in bitches or queens?

Answer 1

Bitches

Question 2

What proportion of mammary neoplasia is malignant and metastasises bitches

Answer 2

35-50%

50%

Question 3

What proportion of mammary neoplasia is malignant and metastasises in queens?

Answer 3

90%

80%

Question 4

Name 5 risk factors for malignant mammary tumours

Answer 4

age
neutered status & age at neutering
obesity in early life 
progestagen treatment 
previous benign tumours

Question 5

Which kind of tumour does not present as a discrete mass?

Answer 5

Inflammatory carcinoma

Question 6

What are the 3 main benign cancers in mammary glands?

Answer 6

adenoma
mesenchymal tumour
mixed tumours

Question 7

What are the 3 main malignant cancers in mammary glands?

Answer 7

carcinoma
sarcoma
carcinosarcoma

Question 8

4 ddx for mammary neoplasia

Answer 8

mastitis
galactostasis
glacatorrhoea
mammary hyperplasia

Question 9

What is the TNM staging system?

Answer 9

T - size T1 <3cm, T2 3-5cm, T3 >5cm
N - lymph nodes N0 - no mt to LN N1- met to LN
M - distant mets M0 - none M1 - present

Question 10

In what 2 instances should surgery not be the preferred Tx?

Answer 10

inflammatory carcinoma

metastasis

Question 11

In a dog how big should your margin be?

Answer 11

2cm