BEST TIME TO PERFORM SELF BREAST EXAM (BSE) - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Perform
BSE at the end of the menstrual period
breast tenderness is less likely to occur
RISK FACTORS FOR BREAST CANCER - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔early menarche
late menopause
Age - at or older than 50 yrs
hormone use
Family history/Genetics
,History of cancer (breast, colon, endometrial, ovarian)
First full term pregnancy after age 30
nulliparity (never given birth)
benign breast disease (atypical epithelial hyperplasia)
weight gain/obesity after menopause
exposure to ionizing radiation
alcohol consumption
ADVANTAGE OF FINE-NEEDLE ASPIRATION (FNA) BIOPSY - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS
**✔✔FNA is performed in outpatient settings
results are available within 24-48 hours
no incision required
BREAST LUMPS - ASSESSMENT - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔*painless* and *fixed* lumps
suggest breast cancer/malignancy
HORMONE THERAPY (HT) - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔*HT has been linked to increased risk
for breast cancer*; patient and HCP must determine whether or not HT therapy is appropriate
*Breast cancer incidence is increased in women using HT*, independent of other risk factors
, HT increases the risk for both non-BRCA-associated cancer and BRCA-related cancers
CLASSIFICATION OF BREAST CANCER - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔based on tissue type
based on invasiveness
based on hormone receptor and genetic status
CLASSIFICATION OF BREAST CANCER - BASED ON ON TISSUE TYPE - ** VERIFIED
ANSWERS **✔✔Ductal carcinoma (milk ducts)
- Medullary
- Tubular
- Colloid (mucinous)
Lobular carcinoma (milk-producing glands)
Other
- Inflammatory
- Paget's disease
- Phyllodes tumor
CLASSIFICATION OF BREAST CANCER - BASED ON INVASIVENESS - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS
**✔✔Noninvasive (In situ)
- ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS)
- lobular carcinoma in situ (LCIS)
Invasive (spreads)
- invasive ductal carcinoma
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