General Surgery — Flashcards

Radiotherapy for breast cancer is indicated for women who have recieved _____ surgery or a mastectomy if the cancer is node-positive or T3-T4

Hint: Procedure

Anyone with _____ suggestive of breast cancer should have a suspected cancer pathway referral

Mastitis swelling/erythema tends to be in a _____-shaped pattern

Patient's with early & locally advanced invasive breast cancer need pre-treatment _____ before surgery

Hint: Ix

The pathophysiology of mastitis involves _____ in the ducts, causing obstruction, which leads to inflammation & bacterial infection

Breast abscesses typically occur as a complication of _____

Hint: Condition

Women with _____ risk are offered breast cancer screening before 50

Women with HER2+ve breast cancer should be given which biologic therapy? _____

What is the first-line management of lactational mastitis? _____ Simple analgesia Warm & cold compress

Hint: breast feeding advice

_____ is used in breast cancer to reduce tumour size, treat nodal disease, treat triple-negative or metastatic breast cancer