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1. Review the types of breast cancer, their histology and implications for treatment.
2. What is the rate of local recurrence of breast cancer? What is the outcome and treatment?
3. Review the TNM system for breast cancer. What are high risk lesions pathologically for breast cancer? What is the incidence of cancer in the relative of a mother or sister with breast cancer?
4. Review the present chemotherapy protocol which is now used. Also review the present RT protocol now used. Give the side effects and incidents of complications. Who is a candidate for bone marrow transplant?
5. Your reconstructed patient has a small granulating open area but needs to start chemotherapy. How will chemotherapy affect wound healing?
6. Your patient wants a TRAM but asks you, "What will my abdominal function be like?" (PRS 1994; 93:988 PRS 1995; 96:860)
7. Why would you use a double pedicle TRAM over a pedicle TRAM? Why a free TRAM over a pedicle TRAM? (PRS 1994; 93:1410)
8. Your patient wants a TRAM but smokes - what do you do? (PRS 1994; 93:825)
9. Should you color doppler your TRAM pre-op? (PRS 1994; 93:453)
10. Do implant patients get connective tissue disease?
11. Your reconstruction patient fell down a hill and is worried that her implants are ruptured although she has no symptoms. What do you do?
12. You decide to do a latissimus dorsi breast reconstruction. How is this done? What are the complications? How can you not use an implant?
13. What are the common methods of nipple/areolar reconstruction? How is tattooing done?
14. What is the scientific proof that subcutaneous mastectomies prevent future breast cancer?
15. In an adolescent girl with a 3rd-degree chest burn, how should the breast area be treated acutely and chronically? (PRS 1989; 83:676 PRS 1982; 70:718)