PATHOLOGY MAMMO questions with correct answers

What are the 3 phases for development of breast cancer? CORRECT ANSWER-Initiation, promotion, progression What is initiation? CORRECT ANSWER-Genes go through damage and changing process. Common in genes 13,17. What is promotion? CORRECT ANSWER-When damaged cells become weakened. What is progression? CORRECT ANSWER-When the cell has lost all ability except to spread abnormal cells resulting in cancer. What are keloid scars? CORRECT ANSWER-Lesions resulting from a surgery or biopsy that show up mammographically . What percentage of individuals with Paget's disease have a form of breast cancer? CORRECT ANSWER-95 What is a common sign of breast cancer? CORRECT ANSWER-Clear, watery discharge from the nipple. In a pathology report, what is the specimen? CORRECT ANSWER-Tissue samples that are taken from the breast, lymph nodes under the axilla or both.