Breast surgery
Breast surgery
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Term
autumn 2021

Study material for the course: aVLCH0731c,  aVLCH0832c, aZLCH0732c, aZLCH0833c

Authors: doc. MUDr. Oldřich Coufal, Ph.D., doc. MUDr. Vuk Fait, CSc., MUDr. Petr Krsička, MUDr. Pavlína Krésová, Ph.D., MUDr. Lucie Gabrielová, MUDr. Ondřej Zapletal

Department: Department of Surgical Oncology, Masaryk Memorial Cancer Institute, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University in Brno

Learning objectives:

- breast examination (clinical + paraclinical assessment)

- differential diagnosis of breast diseases (breast cancer / other)

- surgical management of breast diseases

- the role of surgery in the multimodal treatment of breast cancer

Estimated study time for these materials: 90 minutes

Foreword: The most clinically important disease of the breast is breast cancer. It is the most common cancer (excluding skin tumours) in women in the Czech Republic and worldwide. In 2020, 2.3 million women contracted breast cancer, and 685,000 women died from it. At the end of 2020, 7.8 million women worldwide had been diagnosed with breast cancer in the past 5 years, making it the most prevalent cancer (according to the WHO). In the Czech Republic, 7-8 thousand women are diagnosed with breast cancer every year. Mortality ranges from 1 to 2 thousand, so it is clear that breast cancer treatment is effective, and surgery has an irreplaceable place in it. Given the above, it is essential to recognise breast cancer at the earliest possible stage, to distinguish it from other, less serious diseases and to know the basic principles of its treatment.

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