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Medical terms and descriptions related to breast cancer.

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Our aunt Jane has recently been diagnosed with breast cancer. You are going to be attending a family function in the near future, and you think that some of your relatives will ask you the meaning of medical terms they have heard or read about breast cancer.

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What terms do you think they might ask you about?

Consider terms related to diagnosis, treatment, and research findings.

Identify at least 5 medical terms and describe what they mean.

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Terms and brief descriptions related to diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer.

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Breast cancer terms

-histologic subtypes: used to describe what the tissue was originally before it turned into cancer; also gives an idea of where the cancer is and how aggressive it is

-staging: used to describe how advanced the cancer ...

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