General Surgery — Flashcards

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

Breast cancers with hormone receptors are treated with hormonal therapy for _____ after diagnosis

Hint: time

Pre-menopausal women with ER+ve breast cancer should be given which hormonal therapy? _____

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

Hint: Ix

Untreated mastitis can develop into a _____

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

Women who have had a mastectomy for breast cancer should be offered _____

Patient's with early & locally advanced invasive breast cancer and +ve lymph node involvement at presentation should have pre-treatment _____ during surgery

Hint: Tx

Herceptin (Trastuzumab) is used with caution in patients with a history of _____

Mastitis is a _____ breast which is erythematous, swollen and firm ± systemic symptoms such as malaise and fever

Hint: Painless/Painful