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OBC1.4 - An Overview of Breast Cancer: Common Types of BC - 0.5 CPDs
CourseThere are many different types of breast cancer some more common than others. Some like inflammatory breast cancer (IBC) are rare but not uncommon in physiotherapy clinics because the standard operation is mastectomy and lymph node clearance.
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OBC1.5 - An Overview of Breast Cancer: Risk Factors - 0.5 CPDs
CourseThe cause of breast cancer is improving but still poorly understood with known attributing factors explaining only a small percentage of cases. Research is ongoing to deepen our understanding of the factors known to modulate the development of BC.
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OBC1.6 - An Overview of Breast Cancer: Diagnostic Tests and Surveillance Scans - 0.5 CPDs
CourseBreast cancer tests include screening and diagnostics for treatment planning and surveillance tests during survivorship. Screening and diagnostic tests include mammography, ultrasound, biopsies, MRI and CT scans, Oncotype DX, FISH tests and PET scans
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OBCT2.1 - An Overview of Breast Cancer Treatment: Surgery - 0.5 CPDs
CourseIn 1894, William Halsted, M.D., from John Hopkins Hospital, performed the first radical mastectomy for breast cancer. “The Halsted Procedure,” as it became known, was a one-size-fits-all approach designed to save the woman’s life.
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OBCT2.2 - An Overview of Breast Cancer Treatment: Breast Reconstruction - 0.5 CPDs
CourseIn the weeks after patients are diagnosed with breast cancer or in the months and years after treatment is concluded patients may consult a breast surgeon or a plastic surgeon to consider their options for breast reconstruction.
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OBCT2.3 - An Overview of Breast Cancer Treatment: Postoperative Issues - 0.5 CPDs
CourseBreast cancer surgery and breast reconstruction surgery can be short or major surgery. For example, mastectomy and expander surgery may take 1-2 hours, TRAM Flap reconstructions may take between 4-6 hours and DIEP Flaps may take 5-8 hours.