Chapter 5 – The Breast
CONTENTS
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The Breast: An Introduction
- Investigation of a new breast symptom
- Breast lumps
- Nipple changes, discharge and Paget’s disease
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Mastalgia and chest wall pain
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Mastitis
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Inflammatory breast cancer
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Breast cancer
- Types of breast cancer
- Breast carcinoma in situ
- Invasive breast cancer
- Breast implant associated-anaplastic large cell lymphoma (BIA-ALCL)
- Breast cancer and receptor sensitivity
- Hormone receptor positive breast cancer
- HER2-positive breast cancer
- Triple negative breast cancer
- Risk factors for developing breast cancer
- Genetic risk
- Familial risk assessment
- Early detection of breast cancer
- Breast screening
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Resources
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References
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