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Pathology: Breast Cancer Flashcards

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2 family history risk factors for breast cancer

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  • Breast cancer
  • Ovarian cancer
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5 personal history risk factors for breast cancer

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  • BRCA 1/2 mutations
  • Bx with ADH
  • LCIS or DCIS
  • Dense breast tissue (mammogram)
  • Radiation
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5 reproductive history risk factors for breast cancer

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  • Early menarche (<12)
  • Late menopause
  • Late age at first term pregnancy
  • Nulliparity
  • HRT
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3 lifestyle risk factors for development of breast cancer

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  • Weight
  • Sedentary life
  • Alcohol consumption
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3 precursors to breast cancer

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  • Ductal epithelial hyperplasia
  • Atypical ductal hyperplasia
  • Ductal carcinoma in situ - invasive carcinoma
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3 minor lesions of the breast

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  • Supernumerary nipple
  • Congenital inversion of the nipple
  • Galactocele
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Findings of nonproliferative fibrocytic changes on histology

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  • Cysts (blue dome)
  • Fibrosis
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4 moderate risk (1.5x) findings of proliferative fibrocytic changes in histology

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  • Hyperplasia
  • Sclerosing adenosis (mimicking carcinoma)
  • Florid hyperplasia
  • Sclerosing adenosis
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2 high risk (5x) findings of proliferative fibrocytic changes

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Atypical hyperplasia

Ductal/lobular

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3 types of in-situ carcinomas of the breast

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  • Ductal carcinoma in-situ (DCIS)
  • Lobular carcinoma in-situ (LCIS)
  • Mammary Paget Disease
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7 types of invasive carcinomas

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  • Ductal
  • Lobular
  • Medullary
  • Tubular
  • Mucinous
  • Micropapillary
  • Metaplastic Breast Cancer
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Most common invasive breast carcinoma

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Ductal NOS

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Profile of lobular invasive carcinoma (5)

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  • E-cadherin negative
  • ER+
  • PR+
  • Her2 -
  • May not feel as mass
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Profile of medullary invasive carcinoma

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  • Good prognosis
  • Triple negative
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Profile of tubular invasive carcinoma (4)

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  • Very good prognosis
  • ER+
  • PR-
  • Her2-
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Profile of mucinous invasive carcinoma (5)

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  • Good prognosis
  • Older patients
  • ER+
  • PR+
  • Her2-
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Type of invasive carcinoma that has frequent lymph node metastasis

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Micropapillary

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Profile of metaplastic breast cancer (2)

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  • Heterogenous group
  • Usually triple negative
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Modified Scharff-Bloon-Richardson Grading System

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  • Well-differentiated / low grade (I/III)
  • Intermediate grade (II/III)
  • Poorly differentiated / high grade (III/III)
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If e-cadherin positive, what is the type of breast cancer?

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If e-cadherin is negative, what is the type of breast cancer?

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Profile of breast cancer that tends to metastasize to brain

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  • Triple negative
  • Her2+
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3 other common breast lesions aside from carcinomas

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  • Fibroepithelial lesions
    • Fibroadenoma
    • Phyllodes tumor
  • Papilloma
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Most common breast tumor in young women

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Fibroadenoma

NOTE: Usually appears before 30 and can regress after menopause

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Gross appearance of fibroadenoma
* Round * Rubbery (can compress it) * Well-circumscribed
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Risk of cancerous progression of fibroadenoma
None
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Histological profile of fibroadenoma
Biphasic (stromal and epithelial) NOTE: Carcinoma = epithelial only
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Histological profile of phyllodes tumor
More pronounced stroma; very cellular (can make a sarcoma)
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7 prognostic factors of breast cancer
* Axillary lymph node status * Tumor size * Vascular invasion * Grade * Tumor subtype * ER/PR expression * Her2 * Overexpression/amplification
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3 predictive factors of breast cancer
* ER/PR * HER2 * Oncotype DX (RT-PCR -- 21 GENES, RECURRENCE SCORE) * Predict benefit from chemotherapy and hormonal therapy
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5 treatments for breast cancer
* Surgery * Radiation therapy * Hormonal therapy * Chemotherapy * Targeted therapy: herceptin, lapatinib
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4 intrinsic subtypes of breast cancer
* Luminal A (ER+ and/or PR+, HER2-) * Luminal B (ER+ and/or PR+, HER2+) * HER2 (ER-) * Basal-Like (Triple negative, cytokeratin 5/6+ and or/ EGFR+)
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Most common subtype of breast cancer
Luminal A
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Prognosis of Luminal A breast cancer subtype
* Less aggressive * Lower histological grade * Good prognosis * Hormone responsive
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Risk factor for Luminal A breast cancer
Associated with increasing age
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Which Luminal subtype has a worse outcome?
Luminal B
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Prognosis of HER2+ (ER-) breast cancer subtype
* Highly aggressive * High grade histology * Outcome improved with HER2
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2 risk factors for HER2+ (ER-) breast cancer subtype
Risk as young age greater than luminal subtypes African American ethnicity may be factor
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Prognosis of basal-like breast cancer
Aggressive High-grade histology High mitotic rate
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Risk factors for basal-like breast cancer
Younger age (\<40) More likely premenopausal African American women

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