Pre-placement Module Flashcards

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Triple Assessment

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Clinical assessment
Imaging assessment - mammography / ultrasound / both
Needle biopsy

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Scoring

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1 - Normal
2 - Benign
3 - Intermediate / equivocal
4 - Suspicious
5 - Malignant
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Predisposing factors to breast cancer

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BRCA genes
1st degree premenopausal relative with breast cancer
Nulliparity, first child > 30 
Early menarche, late menopause 
HRT / combined OCP
Past breast cancer
Not breast feeding
Ionising radiation
p53 gene mutations
Obesity 
Past surgery for benign disease
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Mammography

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X-ray of breast
MLO and CC views
Compression - spread out the tissue, holds breast still, reduces radiation dose needed

Much less effective in dense tissue (higher proportion of fibroglandular tissue compared to fat)

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Ultrasound

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Uses high-frequency sound waves to form an image of tissues.
Technique of choice in women < 40
Good at distinguishing cystic from solid masses - fluid appears black, solid appears varying shades of grey

Shape and margin!

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