Presentation
Accompanying breast tenderness may be present if the breast bud is starting to develop. [emedicine.medscape.com]
During the period of mood disturbance, three (or more) of the following symptoms have persisted (four if the mood is only irritable) and have been present to a significant degree: 1. Inflated self-esteem or grandiosity 2. [books.google.com]
Patients can present with breast pain, redness, and swelling and may have flu-like symptoms. [link.springer.com]
Benign breast disease may present with other symptoms, however, such as pain, nipple discharge, nodularity and swelling. [patient.info]
Breast
- Mastodynia
Sometimes it's also called mastodynia or mammalgia. 'Masto-' and 'mamma-' mean 'breast,' while '-algia' and '-dynia' (or 'DIN-ee-a') both mean 'pain.' [study.com]
Treatment
She went through treatment: a lumpectomy, radiation and chemotherapy. About a year after her diagnosis, as she finished treatment, Traci’s depression was back, and back strongly. So she went to her primary care doctor to get antidepressants again. [lbbc.org]
Her treatment team, comprising her primary care provider and surgical oncologist, consider several medication adjustments, but are unsure of their effects on Ms. A’s mental health, progression of cancer, and cancer treatment. [mdedge.com]
These tests may include: ultrasound mammogram fine-needle aspiration What are the treatment options for breast disorders? The treatment options available depend on the type of breast disorder you have. [childrenshospital.org]
What is more the women reported that they were suffering from the symptoms, and also had a poorer quality of life, three years after their diagnosis and treatment. [telegraph.co.uk]
Prognosis
[…] prevention, prognosis, and additional useful information HERE. [dovemed.com]
What factors affect prognosis? BRCA1 and BRCA2 are human genes that belong to a class of genes known as tumor suppressors. [quizlet.com]
Outlook (Prognosis) If your breast exams and mammograms are normal, you DO NOT need to worry about your symptoms. Fibrocystic breast changes DO NOT increase your risk for breast cancer. Symptoms usually improve after menopause. [mountsinai.org]
A, calm, much improved mood symptoms, and euthymic, has questions regarding her mental health, cancer prognosis, and potential medication side effects with continued cancer treatment. Which drug used to treat breast cancer might relieve Ms. [mdedge.com]
The more lymph glands which are affected, the worse is the outcome the tumour type the grade (whether it is a grade I which has a good prognosis or a grade III which has a poorer prognosis) whether tumour cells are seen by the pathologist in lymph channels [netdoctor.co.uk]
Etiology
[…] common in women with polycystic ovaries ( Minerva Ginecol 2000;52:321, Arch Gynecol Obstet 2009;280:249 ) Also associated with Cowden syndrome (multiple hamartomas including trichilemmomas, high risk of breast, uterine and nonmedullary thyroid cancer) Etiology [pathologyoutlines.com]
Infectious and inflammatory causes have been implicated in the etiology of mammary duct ectasia. Findings on US are usually suggestive, revealing dilated mammary ducts radially located around the nipple. [emedicine.medscape.com]
Epidemiology
Rosai favors "fibrocystic disease" over “fibrocystic change” because the constellation of findings fulfills the criteria for a disease, similar to nodular hyperplasia of the prostate Terminology Also called fibrocystic change, diffuse cystic mastopathy Epidemiology [pathologyoutlines.com]
Abbreviations ER: Estrogen receptor NCI: National Cancer Institute PR: Progesterone receptor RT: Radiotherapy SEER: Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results database Declarations Acknowledgements Not applicable. [breast-cancer-research.biomedcentral.com]
To estimate relative risks, we compared the number of observed breast cancers with the number expected on the basis of the rates of breast cancer in the Iowa Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results registry. [nejm.org]
Hoover, MD, ScD, director of the epidemiology and biostatistics program at the National Cancer Institute. [prevention.com]
Pathophysiology
Mental health and oncology clinicians must collaborate when treating these patients because of overlapping pathophysiology and medication interactions. [mdedge.com]
Fibrocystic breast disease: pathophysiology, pathomorphology, clinical picture, and management. [breast-cancer.ca]
Prevention
Prevention Making changes in your daily life may help reduce your risk of breast cancer. Try to: Ask your doctor about breast cancer screening. [mayoclinic.org]
The authors explain the evaluation and management of breast pain, breast discharge, and focal lesions, as well as the options that can prevent progression to breast cancer. [nejm.org]
Preventive Services Task Force Breast Cancer Screening Guidelines and Resources This summary of the U.S. [acog.org]
The Australasian Society for Breast Disease (ASBD) is a multidisciplinary society for medical professionals with an interest in the prevention, diagnosis, treatment and research aspects of breast disease. [asbd.org.au]
The prognosis is good, unless any complication, such as a lung embolism develops Please find comprehensive information on Mondor’s Disease regarding definition, distribution, risk factors, causes, signs & symptoms, diagnosis, complications, treatment, prevention [dovemed.com]