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Types of breast cancer Flashcards

1
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What are the main 4 types of breast cancer?

A
  • Ductal carcinoma-in-situ (DCIS)
  • Lobular carcinoma-in-situ (LCIS)
  • Invasive ductal carcinoma
  • Invasive lobular carcinoma
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What is the most common type of breast cancer?

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Ductal carcinoma

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What is ductal carcinoma?

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Tumours arising from the epithelial lining of the ducts

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What is lobular carcinoma?

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Tumours arising from the epithelial lining of the terminal ducts of the lobules

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5
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What is the most common type of cancer in the UK?

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Breast cancer

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What is ductal carcinoma in-situ?

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Pre-cancerous or cancerous epithelial cells of the breast ducts

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Who is usually affected by ductal carcinoma in-situ?

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Women 40-60 years

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Where is ductal carcinoma in situ localised to?

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Localised to a single area- Cancer hasn’t spread beyond the basement membrane of the ducts

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How is ductal carcinoma in situ usually diagnosed?

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Via mammography

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How is ductal carcinoma in situ picked up on mammography?

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A solid centre, or a necrotic centre, which can subsequently calcify, making the lesions visible on mammography

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What does a ductal carcinoma in-situ have the potential to do?

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to spread locally along the ducts over years

to become an invasive breast cancer (around 30%)

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What is the prognosis of ductal carcinoma in situ?

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Good if fully excised and adjuvant treatment is used

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What is lobular carcinoma in situ?

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A pre-cancerous condition occurring typically in pre-menopausal women

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In whom does lobular carcinoma in-situ usually affect?

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Pre-menopausal women

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How is lobular in situ carcinoma usually diagnosed?

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Incidentally on breast biopsy

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How does lobular carcinoma in situ usually present?

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Asymptomatically and undetectable on a mammogram

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What is there an increased risk of in the future with lobular carcinoma in situ?

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An increased risk of invasive breast cancer in the future (around 30%)

18
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How is lobular carcinoma in situ managed?

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Close monitoring (e.g., 6 monthly examination and yearly mammograms

19
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What is another term for invasive ductal carcinoma?

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Invasive breast carcinoma of no special/specific type (NST)

20
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Where does invasive ductal carcinoma originate?

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Breast ducts

21
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How can invasive ductal carcinoma be diagnosed?

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Mammography

22
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In whom can invasive ductal carcinoma be diagnosed?

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Pre and post-menopausal women

23
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What percentage of invasive breast cancers does invasive ductal carcinoma account for?

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80% of invasive breast cancers

24
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What percentage of invasive breast cancers does invasive lobular carcinoma account for?

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10% of invasive breast cancers

25
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Where do invasive lobular carcinomas originate?

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Originate in cells from the breast lobules

26
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Are invasive lobular carcinomas visible on mammographys?

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Not always visible on mammograms

27
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What are the other 2 more common types of breast cancer?

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Inflammatory breast cancer
Paget’s disease of the nipple

28
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What does inflammatory breast cancer present similarly to?

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Breast abscess or mastitis

29
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How does inflammatory breast cancer present?

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Swollen, warm, tender breast with pitting skin (peau d’orange)

30
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What does inflammatory breast cancer not respond to?

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Antibiotics

31
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What is the prognosis of inflammatory breast cancer?

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Worst prognosis of all breast cancers

32
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What causes the inflamed appearance of the breast?

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  • Cancerous cells block the lymph drainage
  • This results in an inflamed appearance of the breast
33
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How does paget’s disease of the breast present?

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Eczema of the nipple/areolar- Erythematous, scaly rash

34
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What is Paget’s disease of the nipple associated with?

A

An underlying breast malignancy

35
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Which cancers might paget’s disease of the nipple indicate?

A

DCIS
Invasive breast cancer

36
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How is Paget’s disease of the nipple diagnosed?

37
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What is the management of paget’s disease of the nipple?

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Staging and treatment, as with any other invasive breast cancer

38
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What are the rare forms of breast cancer?

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Medullary breast cancer
Mucinous breast cancer
Tubular breast cancer
Multiple others

39
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What are the clinical presentations of breast cancer?

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  • Lumps that are hard, irregular, painless or fixed in place
  • Lumps may be tethered to the skin or the chest wall
  • Nipple retraction
  • Skin dimpling or oedema (peau d’orange)
  • Lymphadenopathy, particularly in the axilla
40
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Where would you get lymphadenopathy in someone with breast cancer?

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In the Axilla

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