Triple Assessment Flashcards
1
Q
What makes up the triple assessment?
A
History/examination
Imaging (mammogram + ultrasound)
Histology
2
Q
When is a triple assessment used?
A
When patient has signs/symptoms that meet the breast cancer ‘2 week wait’ referral criteria
3
Q
What imaging is used in a triple assessment?
A
Mammography
- compression view
- oblique + craniocaudal views
- detection of mass lesions or microcalicifications
Ultrasound
- more useful <35 years women and men
4
Q
What comes under histology in a triple assessment?
A
Biopsy required of any suspicious mass or lesion
5
Q
How is a triple assessment scored?
A
P = examination M = mammogram U = ultrasound B = histology
1 = normal 2 = benign 3 = uncertain/unlikely benign 4 = suspicious of malignancy 5 = malignant
