What are three common symptoms of breast diseases?
Why don’t we screen women for breast cancer until age 40?
• Start screening at ~40 yrs because younger women have denser breast tissue making it difficult to identify a mass
What does mammography help with?
What percent of breast cancers can’t be detected through mammography?
~10% of breast cancers that are not detected by mammography, can be detected by palpitation
What are the characteristics of acute mastitis?
What is fat necrosis of the breast usually associated with?
• Usually associated with trauma (from a seat belt during an accident)
What are the characteristics of breast cysts?
What are the characteristics of benign neoplasms of the breast?
What are the breast carcinoma statistics?
~250,000 new breast cancers in U.S./yr.
What are the symptoms of breast carcinoma?
What is the prognosis of breast carcinoma?
What are the types of breast carcinoma?
What are benign epithelial lesions?
Benign epithelial lesions
-typically fibrocytic changes (e.g.,60% of women have microscopic cysts associated with epithelial tissue.
What is the main type of cervical cancer and what are the risk factors?
What are the three main causes of polyps in the endometrium?
What are the risks and treatment associated with endometrial cancer (adenocarcinoma)?
What is the main cause of endometritis?
IUDs
What is endometrial hyperplasia and what are the treatments?
What are the two main types of ovarian masses?
What are the symptoms of ovarian masses? When is the screening recommended for ovarian cancer?
Unlike cervical cancer, there is no effective screening for ovarian cancer
How do estrogens and progestins work as hormone replacement therapy options?
Estrogens and Progestins
What are the names of the three stages of the menstrual cycle?
The menstrual cycle:
As populations age, they spend less time in menopause (females) or andropause (males). True or False?
False, they spend more time.
What are the names of the three natural estrogens? And at what stage of life are these predominant?