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BREAST CANCER OVERVIEW Polly Stephens, M.D.
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BREAST ANATOMY
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breastcancer.org
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Ductal Carcinoma In Situ
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Calcifications
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CALCIFICATIONS
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The
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Invasive Ductal Carcinoma
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Breast cancer
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Vascular/Lymphatic Invasion
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Bone scan
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Liver metastases
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MAMMOGRAPHY In America, most breast cancers are diagnosed on mammogram 1 st mammogram age 35 –Or 10 years before your mother was diagnosed with breast cancer Yearly starting age 40 About 10% of cancers are not seen on mammogram. DO YOUR OWN EXAM
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St Francis Cancer Institute
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BIOPSY Ultrasound-guided Stereotactic MRI guided biopsy
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STEREOTACTIC BIOPSY
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ULTRASOUND BIOPSY
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INVASIVE DUCTAL CARCINOMA Overall survival 75% Stage –0Ductal carcinoma in situ –Itumor <2cm, no lymph nodes –IItumor 2-5cm, <4 lymph nodes –IIItumor >5cm, >4 lymph nodes –IVdistant metastases
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INFLAMMATORY BREAST CANCER P’eau d’orange
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Treatment Local control –Lumpectomy/mastectomy –Radiation Distal control –Chemotherapy
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Sentinel node biopsy
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Mammosite
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External Beam Radiation
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Who needs chemotherapy? If there is a risk of cells in the blood stream looking for a place to settle –Bone, Liver, Lung, Brain There is no blood test for breast cancer cells in the blood stream
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Genetics BRCA 1 and 2 –Alterations or mutations in these genes increase ones risk for breast and ovarian cancer –Only about 5% of breast cancer patients are BRCA +
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