Internal Medicine

Breast Cancer

Questions discussed in this category

Do you recommend self-breast exams to your patients with history of breast cancer in addition to imaging surveillance?

What recommendations would you make for a patient on long-term phenytoin due to epilepsy with a newly diagnosed breast cancer requiring doxorubicin as part of her chemotherapy?

How would you counsel the patient given the drug interactions present?

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What skin care regimen do you prefer during radiation for patients with inflammatory breast cancer?

Are there any skin care products you would avoid in this population?

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How would you manage a patient who develops acute stroke during neoadjuvant chemotherapy with KEYNOTE-522 for Stage III triple negative breast cancer?

Would you continue KEYNOTE-522 neoadjuvant therapy? The patient has a PMH of sarcoidosis with no stroke risk factors. No residual deficits.

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Do you recommend prophylactic anticoagulation to pregnant women undergoing chemotherapy for breast cancer?

Since both pregnancy and cancer are risk factors for VTE, is there data to guide when or if we should prophylactically anticoagulate? If so, what shou...

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What strategies can be employed to manage interstitial lung disease seen with trastuzumab deruxtecan?

Can patients be re-challenged after developing ILD? Is the toxicity seen with T-Dxd a potential barrier to use? Do you feel the dosing used in...

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Would you use aspirin 81 mg for VTE prophylaxis in patients on adjuvant tamoxifen/SERMs?

Is there data that it actually helps?

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Do you discontinue anti-hormonal therapy if a high-risk ER+ HER2- localized breast cancer patient develops blood clots on anti-hormonal therapy?

How would you approach a patient who is intolerant of AI and develops thrombosis while on SERM?

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Do you prescribe silvadene cream for patients with a sulfa allergy?

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How do you manage endocrine therapy for premenopausal women with breast cancer who are heterozygous for factor V Leiden but have no history of thrombosis?

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What is the treatment volume for primary breast lymphoma?

In a patient with Stage IE DLBCL, is your treatment volume postchemo ISRT or whole breast? Would you consolidate if a lumpectomy was performed prior t...

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