MCQ Surgery Answer 16
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Prognosis
- Size of tumor - <2cm>
- Lymph node involvement-if no axillary node involvement 5 yr survival 80%,4 nodes involved survival 21%
- Presence/absence of estrogen receptors-# of ER is proportional to degree of differentiation.
- This is proportional to responsiveness of tumor anti-estrogen therapy, oophorectomy
- Tumors that have both estrogen/progesterone receptors have the highest response to hormonal therapy
- Over expression from amplification of c-erb B2 related to poor outcome.
- Angiogenesis-new vessels within or around tumor increases risk for metastasis
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