Chapter 13

Instructions

Choose your answers from a-d by clicking the radio button next to each choice and then press 'Submit' to get your score.

Which of the following is correct regarding fibrocystic change?

a) The alterations occur at the level of the large breast ducts.

b) Adenosis refers to an increase in the number of acini within a lobule.

c) The epithelial cells lining a breast cyst often undergo eccrine metaplasia.

d) Usual epithelial hyperplasia is part of the spectrum of fibrocystic change.

Which of the following is correct regarding fibroadenoma of the breast?

a) It is a benign epithelial tumour of the breast.

b) It continues to grow after the menopause.

c) It may show proliferative lesions in the epithelial component.

d) Surgical excision is required.

Which of the following is correct regarding proliferative breast disease?

a) Most are detected as a breast lump.

b) Some proliferative breast lesions are not associated with an increased risk of future carcinoma.

c) In situ lobular neoplasia should be surgically excised.

d) Ductal carcinoma in situ is a recognized precursor lesion of invasive carcinoma.

Which of the following is correct regarding breast carcinoma?

a) Invasive ductal carcinoma is the most common type.

b) Tubular carcinoma carries a poor prognosis.

c) Stage is assessed by a pathologist according to how well differentiated the tumour appears microscopically.

d) Her2 positive tumours carry a better prognosis.

Which of the following is correct regarding the NHS breast screening programme?

a) All women aged between 50 and 65 are invited.

b) The screening test involves a mammogram and an ultrasound of the breasts.

c) The programme saves some 1,400 lives each year in England.

d) Women with suspicious areas in the breast are referred for wide local excision of the abnormal area.