Oncology Questions
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Can a normal mammogram rule out suspicion of cancer based on clinical findings?
How do lactation, early menopause, and early childbirth affect breast cancer risk?
What are the high risk genes for breast cancer?
What is the eponymn of the suspensory ligaments in the breast?
Does a fibroadenoma have malignant potential?
In Canada, population mammography screening is recommended every 1-2 years for women between the ages of:
On history of cancer in family, 3 cancers other than breast to ask about are:
Is survival equivalent following lumpectomy to clear margins with radiation the same as that following modifed radical mastectomy ?
What condition do these symptoms most likely describe?breast pain, swelling with focal areas of nodularity or cysts, frequently bilateral, mobile, varies with menstrual cycle; nipple discharge that is straw-like, brown, or green
Source for these questions: Surgery 101 podcast (U of A), Toronto Notes, Surgical Recall (Lorne H. Blackbourne)
What is the role of the latissimus dorsi on shoulder rotation?
If there are distant metastases, the cancer is stage:
Will a fibroadenoma yield fluid to FNA?
The thoracodorsal nerve is at risk in axillary LN dissection. Which muscle does it innervate?
what is one of the most important anti-oncogenes ?