Breast Cancer Basics
What term describes cancer cells that spread from the primary tumor to another location?
What is Metastasis?
A hard, irregular, fixed breast mass should be considered this until evaluated.
What is Suspicious for malignancy?
What month is designated as Breast Cancer Awareness Month?
What is October?
This common treatment uses high-energy waves to kill cancer cells and shrink tumors.
What is radiation therapy?
This age group is generally recommended to start annual mammograms, according to many health organizations.
What is age 40?
Name the stage of breast cancer where it has spread to nearby lymph nodes but not to distant parts of the body.
What is Stage II?
This breast finding has an “orange-peel” appearance.
What is Peau' d' orange??
This iconic symbol is often worn during Breast Cancer Awareness Month to promote awareness.
What is the pink ribbon?
This type of surgery involves the removal of the entire breast and is sometimes done to treat comprehensive cancers.
What is a mastectomy?
After mastectomy with lymph node removal, avoid BP measurements on this extremity.
What is Affected arm ?
This term describes the use of X-rays to take pictures of the breast to detect cancer.
What is a mammogram?
Cyclic breast tenderness and lumpiness are more characteristic of this benign condition.
What is fibrocystic changes?
Name a community event that often takes place during October to raise funds for breast cancer research and awareness.
What is a charity walk or run (such as the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure)?
Name one of the common side effects of chemotherapy.
What is hair loss?
This device commonly removes fluid after breast surgery.
What is JP drain?
Cancer confined within a breast duct without invading surrounding tissue is called this.
What DCIS?
Redness, warmth, pain, and fever in a breastfeeding patient suggest this.
What is mastitis?
This U.S. federal agency leads national cancer research and provides major funding for breast cancer studies.
What is the National Cancer Institute (NCI)?
These support networks often provide resources, emotional support, and connections for individuals dealing with breast cancer.
What are support groups?
Rapid tumor-cell destruction causing hyperkalemia, hyperphosphatemia, hyperuricemia, and kidney injury describes this.
What is Tumor Lysis Syndrome?
This gene mutation significantly increases the risk of breast and ovarian cancer and led many women to pursue preventive surgery after public awareness campaigns.
What is BRCA1 or BRCA2?
Persistent scaling/crusting of the nipple that resembles eczema may indicate this rare breast malignancy.
What is Paget's disease?
This famous actress and activist significantly raised awareness about breast cancer after her public battle with the disease in the early 2000s.
Who is Angelina Jolie?
This medication can reduce the risk of breast cancer in women with a family history of the disease.
What is Tamoxifen?
A patient with breast cancer suddenly develops facial swelling and distended neck veins. This oncologic emergency should be suspected.
What is superior vena cava syndrome?