Nikcevich

Question 1

What is relative risk?

Answer 1

% of reoccurence for example (vs absolute risk / benefit is the difference between)

Question 2

What breast cancer is silent on a mammogram?

Answer 2

Infiltrating lobular cacinoma

Question 3

Breast cancers produce what kind of lesions in the bone?

Answer 3

Lytic lesion

Question 4

In ER positive breast cancer, if treated, does it come back?

Answer 4

Yes, has a propensity to come back with late recurrence

Question 5

What is palbociclib?

Answer 5

Cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor

Question 6

Male presents with breast cancer, now what?

Answer 6

Genetic testing, ALL mell with BCA should have genetic counseling and consider BRCA gene mutation testing

Question 7

Metatstatic disease to the breast is rare, but what cancers have been shown to do this?

Answer 7

Lung cancer, melanoma, ovarian and lymphoma

Question 8

Gail model deems increased breast cancer risk to be what?

Answer 8

5 year risk of >1.66%

Question 9

Tamoxifen or raloxifene reduce risk by how much?

Answer 9

50%

Question 10

What can be used to measure breast cancer risk?

Answer 10

Gail model

Question 11

What does the gail model measure?

Answer 11

Age, reproductive risk, FH of BCA, and breast bx hx

Question 12

Gail model is not applicable to what?

Answer 12

Women with prior breast cancer, women <35, women with h/o chest irradiation, women possessing BRCA gene mutations, men