Breast MRI and the Benign Breast Biopsy

Oct 14, 2017 by in ONCOLOGY Comments Off on Breast MRI and the Benign Breast Biopsy

Fig. 13.1 Fifty-five-year-old asymptomatic woman undergoing screening breast MRI for elevated lifetime risk of breast cancer due to family history. (a) Axial T1-weighted post-contrast images demonstrated a 5 mm oval…

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Personalized Medicine, Biomarkers of Risk and Breast MRI

Oct 14, 2017 by in ONCOLOGY Comments Off on Personalized Medicine, Biomarkers of Risk and Breast MRI

Fig. 17.1 Axial T1 fat-suppressed images before (a) and after (b) the administration of intravenous contrast in a woman with extremely dense fibroglandular tissue and marked background parenchymal enhancement on…

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Breast MRI Technique

Oct 14, 2017 by in ONCOLOGY Comments Off on Breast MRI Technique

Fig. 1.1 Key breast MRI pulse sequences. Thirty-nine year old woman presents for breast MRI to evaluate extent of disease for known invasive ductal carcinoma of the left breast (arrow)….

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BI-RADS 3 Lesions on MRI

Oct 14, 2017 by in ONCOLOGY Comments Off on BI-RADS 3 Lesions on MRI

First author, year Study design Study population BI-RADS 3 assessment, n (%) BI-RADS 3 patients, n (%) Malignancy rate, n (%) Kuhl [4], 2000 Prospective High risk 45/363 (12.4) 44/192…

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Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy

Oct 14, 2017 by in ONCOLOGY Comments Off on Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy

Fig. 5.1 44 year old female with newly diagnosed triple negative invasive ductal carcinoma. (a) Sagittal post-contrast fat-saturated MRI nicely differentiates the untreated hypervascular tumor mass (red arrow) with delayed…

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MRI and Screening

Oct 14, 2017 by in ONCOLOGY Comments Off on MRI and Screening

Fig. 3.1 High risk family history patient with normal mammograms. A suspicious 10 mm well-circumscribed rounded enhancing mass in the right upper inner quadrant on post-contrast subtraction images (white arrow)…

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The principles of cancer treatment

Oct 9, 2017 by in ONCOLOGY Comments Off on The principles of cancer treatment

3The principles of cancer treatment Learning objectives Distinguish different treatment strategies for cancer including palliative care with examples Compare surgery, radiotherapy, chemotherapy, endocrine, immunological and targeted treatments and their toxicities…

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Oncological emergencies

Oct 9, 2017 by in ONCOLOGY Comments Off on Oncological emergencies

40Oncological emergencies Learning objectives List the common oncological emergencies Describe the clinical presentation, investigation and management of the common oncological emergencies Over the last couple of years a new discipline…

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The leukaemias

Oct 9, 2017 by in ONCOLOGY Comments Off on The leukaemias

28The leukaemias Learning objectives Explain the epidemiology and pathogenesis of leukaemia Recognize the common presentation and clinical features of leukaemia Describe the treatment strategies and outcomes of leukaemia Haematological malignancies…

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