NURS 287 Lecture Notes - Inflammatory Breast Cancer, Axillary Lymph Nodes, Radical Mastectomy
28 Apr 2013
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Breast cancer is the most common malignancy in american women except for skin cancer. Although the etiology of breast cancer is not completely understood, a number of factors are thought to relate to breast cancer including a family history, environmental factors, genetics, early menarche and late menopause, and age 60 or over. However, most women who develop breast cancer have no identifiable risk factors. Paget"s disease: paget"s disease is a rare breast malignancy characterized by a persistent lesion of the nipple and areola with or without a palpable mass, treatment is a simple or modified radical mastectomy. Radiation, chemotherapy, and hormone therapy are more likely to be used for treatment than surgery. Breast cancer is detected as a lump or mammographic abnormality in the breast. It occurs most often in upper, outer quadrant of breast. If palpable, breast cancer is usually hard, and may be irregularly shaped, poorly delineated, nonmobile, and nontender.
