Mayo Clinic Medical Breast Advanced Topics 2022
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- Describe the difference between non-invasive and invasive breast cancer including surgical options for early-stage breast cancer.
- Review updates in breast reconstruction for cancer patients.
- Describe healthcare needs for breast cancer survivors.
- Identify safe and effective treatments that may improve symptoms commonly seen in survivors including vasomotor symptoms, sexual dysfunction, lymphedema, and mental health concerns.
- Describe the role of healthy lifestyle habits including regular exercise, healthy diet, alcohol, and tobacco avoidance as it relates to breast cancer prevention and reduction in recurrence risk.
- Associate the risk of hormone use on patients with a high risk of breast cancer or a history of breast cancer who wish to use hormones for local or systemic therapy.
- Review commonly used types of chemotherapy regimens, outline frequent intervals utilized for various chemotherapy regimens, and briefly list immediate and late effects of chemotherapy.
- Summarize guidelines-based surveillance breast imaging recommendations for patients following lumpectomy, unilateral mastectomy, and bilateral mastectomy.