OBJECTIVES
- Gross Anatomy and Histology
After completing this section you will be able to:
- list and identify the various parts of the breast
- describe the gross anatomy and histology of the breast
- Inflammatory Diseases
After completing this section you will be able to:
- describe the various types of inflammatory conditions that involve
the breast
- indicate etiologic agents and predisposing factors
- describe clinical lesions
- describe and identify characteristic histologic features
- indicate clinical significance
- Response to hormone
After completing this section you will be able to:
- describe the physiologic hormone-induced changes in the breast, and
- relate the changes to various stages of the female reproductive cycle
- Nonneoplastic Lesions
After completing this section you will be able to:
- list the common nonneoplastic lesions of the breast
- describe clinical features
- describe histologic features and identify the lesions
- indicate the risk for subsequent breast cancer associated with each
lesion
- Benign Neoplasms
After completing this section you will be able to:
- list the common benign neoplasms of the breast
- describe clinical features
- describe histologic features and identify lesions
- predict risk for subsequent breast cancer associated with each lesion
- Malignant Lesions
After completing this section you will know:
- site and relative distribution of cancer within the breast
- the epidemiological features and predisposing factors of breast cancer
- the main groups and subtypes of breast cancer and which is most common
- clinical and histologic features of the common subtypes
- prognostic factors in breast cancer and prognosis associated with
the common subtypes
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