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PTG 105- Exam 3- Lecture 19 - 3
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Describe Porliferative fibrocystic change?
epithelial hyperplasia
sclerosisng adenosis
1-5 times increased risk of breast cancer
Which type of fibrocystic change increased the risk of breast cancer by 1-5 times?
Proliferative
Which type of Fibrocystic change includes epithelial hyperplasia and sclerosing adenosis?
Proliferative
Mammograms can pick up calcifications (T/F)?
True
False
True
What is epithelial hyperplasia, as in fibrocystic change?
proliferation of the duct epithelium
What is sclerosing adenosis, as in fibrostic change?
proliferation of the breast acini with stromal fibrosis
What is the term for proliferation of breast acini with stromal fibrosis?
Sclerosis adenosis
What is the term for proliferation of the duct epithelium?
Epithelial hyperplasia
What group is fibroadenoma most common in?
age = 20s and 30s
What does a fibroadenoma feel like?
Freely moveable well defined mass
A fibroadenoma is biphasic (T/F)?
True
False
True, it involves both the glands and stroma
Because a fibroadenoma involves both the tissues of the stroma and glands it is reffered to as:
biphasic
How si fibroadenoma treated?
local excision
A shrply demarcated border of a neoplasm in the brast indicates what type of tumor?
Fibroadenoma
What disease looks like "Chinese letters" histologically?
Fibroadenoma
Describe a Papilloma:
Proliferation of duct epithelium in the lumen
What are symptoms of Papilloma?
Nipple bleeding
What percent of nipple bleeding is due to papilloma?
50%
Phyllodes tumor is what?
A biphasic, usually benign tumor taht involves the proliferation of the glands and stroma
Fibroadenoma or Phyllodes tumor are more common?
Fibroadenoma
What size are phyllodes tumors?
3-4 cm, but can grow to massive size
What age group is susceptible to Phyllodes tumor?
50-60 years
What does the tissue look like in a patien t with Phyllodes tumor?
Leaf like architecture
What type of tumor has a leaf like architecture?
Phyllodes
Phyllodes tumor is malignant (T/F)?
True
False
False, it is usally benign and rarely malignant
How is phyllodes tumor cured?
Local excision
How many women will develop breast cancer?
1 in 9
How many women will die of breast cancer?
1 in 33
What is the most common cancer in women in the US?
Breast cancer
What is the second leading cause of cancer deaths in the US?
Breast cancer
Howmany men compared to women get breast cancer?
1:100
What percentage of women with breast cancer are over the age of 50 years?
75%
75% of women with breast cancer have this in common:
Are over the age of 50
The incidence of breast cancer is increasing or decreasing around the world?
Increasing worldwide
What percent of breast cancers are due to genetics?
3-10%
3-10% of all breast cancers are due to what?
Genetics
2/3 of hereditary breast cancers are due to what two genes?
BRCA 1 and 2
What proportion of hereditary breast cancers are due to BRCA 1 and 2?
2/3
Mortality of breast cancer increases with what other factor?
Age
Incidence increases with age until _____ when it begins to decline.
75-79
What are thesix signs of breast cancer?
Lump
Enlarged local lymph nodes
exzema of the nipple
nipple discharge
nipple retration
orange peel look (advanced stage)
What lymph nodes will likely be swollen in a breast cancer patient?
Axillary nodes in the axillanad subclavicular area
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PTG 105- Exam 3- Lecture 19 - 3
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