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What grade did you get?
Are you receptive?
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What size piece do you want?
100
Tumor 2 cm or less, no evidence of regional or distal spread.
What is Stage I breast cancer?
100
In most cases, the smaller it is, the better the prognosis.
What is tumor size?
100
This is the main factor in planning breast cancer treatment.
What is hormone receptor status?
100
This is using a very thin needle to withdraw a small amount of tissue from the suspicious area.
What is a fine needle aspiration biopsy?
100
It is sometimes called a lumpectomy or quadrantectomy. It is breast conserving, as only the part of the breast containing the tumor is removed.
What is a partial or segmental mastectomy?
200
Tumor up to 5 cm, may or may not be fixed. Clinically suspicious regional spread.
What is Stage III a breast cancer?
200
The more normal the cells look,and the fewer cells that are dividing, the lower it is.
What is tumor grade?
200
These are the female hormones that the cancer cells can have special proteins inside for attaching to.
What is estrogen and progesterone?
200
This is a computer mapping using mammograms taken from 2 angles, or 3-D mammography to place the needle.
What is stereotactic core needle biopsy?
200
This is the edge of the tissue removed.
What is the margin?
300
Tumor of any size with or without regional spread, evidence of distance metastases.
What is Stage IV breast cancer?
300
The cells look almost normal and are slow-growing (well differentiated).
What is Grade 1 tumor?
300
These cancers have many hormone receptors.
What are hormone receptor-positive cancers (estrogen receptor-positive/progesterone receptor-positive)?
300
A slightly larger needle is used to withdraw small cylinders of tissue from the abnormal area. It is put in 3 to 6 times.
What is a core needle biopsy?
300
The entire breast, including the nipple is removed, but no lymph nodes.
What is a simple mastectomy?
400
This is the most widely used system of staging breast cancer.
What is TNM system? (tumor,nodes, and metastasis)
400
The cells look very abnormal and are very fast growing (poorly differentiated).
What is Grade 3 tumor?
400
They are not treated with hormone therapies.
What are hormone receptor-negative breast cancers?
400
It is done with systems like Mammotome or ATEC (automated tissue excision and collection). It removes more tissue than a standard core biopsy.
What is vacuum-assisted core biopsy?
400
Most of the skin over the breast other than the nipple and areola is left. It is usually used when immediate reconstruction is done.
What is a skin-saving mastectomy?
500
This is the standard way to stage breast cancer based on the study of lymph nodes and tumor tissue removed.
What is pathological staging?
500
This tells how fast the tumor is growing and shows how aggressive the tumor is and how likely it is to metastasize.
What is the proliferation rate?
500
They have a higher chance of recurrence in the first five years after diagnosis, but after five years the difference begins to decrease.
What is hormone receptor-negative breast cancer?
500
This is removal of part of the suspicious area to make a diagnosis?
What is an incisional biopsy?
500
This was once a very common surgery. It includes removal of the pectoral muscle as well as the breast and axillary contents.
What is a radical mastectomy?