Medical Oncology
This chemotherapy is coined “the red devil” as it is a bright red medication used to treat various cancers including breast and ovarian and works by damaging cancer cell DNA and blocking their repair pathways.
What is Adriamycin (doxorubicin)?
This machine is used to deliver radiation from outside the body
What is a linear accelerator (Linac for short)?
This foundation started in 2004 by Laurie Mezzalingua provides financial assistance to individuals in Central NY who are afflicted with breast cancer
What is The Saint Agatha Foundation?
This type of testing is used to evaluate a patient's risk of developing cancer in the future
What is germline testing?
Most common type of breast cancer.
What is Invasive Ductal carcinoma?
Named after a common fruit, this exam finding often seen in inflammatory breast cancer
Peau d'orange?
This is the standard most common test used to assess heart function prior to chemotherapy in her2neu directed treatment regimens.
A: What is echocardiogram?
The absorbed dose of radiation
What is Gray?
The two breast nurse navigators for Breast Care Partners are
Who is Jennifer Michales and Nicole Montondo?
This is a term used to describe a genetic variation that has been identified but it significance to cancer risk is unknown
What is VUS or variant of uncertain significance?
ER negative PR negative Her2neu negative
What is Triple negative?
The development of purple nodular growths on breast previously treated with RT suggests this rare malignancy
What is Angiosarcoma?
For this pharmacological class of medications for hormone receptor positive breast cancer there is indication to obtain bone density test.
What are aromatase inhibitors?
The breathing technique used for left breast cancer radiation to move the heart farther away from the breast/ anterior chest
What is Deep Inspiration Breath Hold (DIBH)?
This free program includes a one year YMCA membership and provides direct support to breast cancer survivors
What is Laurie's Hope?
Per NCCN guidelines this mutation warrants consideration for mammograms in males 50 or older
What is BRCA2?
Tumor at inked surgical margin
What is positive margin?
Biopsy of this red/crusty nipple lesion is characterized histologically by presence of atypical cells infiltrating's the dermis.
What is Paget's Disease?
The Keynote-522 regimen is used to treat neoadjuvant triple negative breast cancer which include the following 5 chemo immunotherapy agents.
What are keytruda, carboplatin, paclitaxel, Adriamycin and Cytoxan?
After undergoing breast radiation treatment some antibiotics increase the risk of a second wave of skin reactions
What is radiation recall?
This non-profit organization provides programs and services to help facilitate the cancer journey throughout Central New York
What is Cancer Connects?
This is the year that the BRCA1/2 genetic test became available for commercial testing
What is 1996?
Central necrosis in ductal carcinoma in situ
What is comedo necrosis?
The maximum number of positive lymph nodes are allowed by Z011 study in avoidance of node dissection
What is 2?
This trial presented at the 2024 ASCO annual meeting showed that treatment with T-DXd (Trastuzumab deruxtecan or Enhertu) led to a statistically significant and clinically meaningful improvement in progression-free survival (PFS) vs investigators choice of chemotherapy in pretreated patients with HR+, her2neu low (IHC 1+, IHC 2+) metastatic breast cancer.
What is DESTINY-Breast 06?
The radiation team pays special attention to the skin dose and coverage of surgical scars and drain sites for this type of breast cancer.
What is inflammatory breast cancer?
The nurse navigators navigate for these 7 breast surgeons
Who are Dr. Kort, Dr. Giannone, Dr. Congelli Dr. Schu. Dr. Sartori, Dr. McMullian and Dr. Schwartz?
This is a term used to describe a genetic change that can result from age, prior chemotherapy or underlying hematologic malignancies where some cells in the body harbor genetic mutations while others do not
What is genetic mosaicism?
Malignant Infiltrate of single cells in linear lines and negative for cell adhesion stain of E-cadherin
What are isolated tumor cells?
Recommended margin in surgical lumpectomy specimen for Invasive disease
What is negative margin/no tumor in inked margin?