ARRT Mammo Mock Exam - PROCEDURES- A&P & Pathology With Complete Solution 2025/2026

ARRT Mammo Mock Exam - PROCEDURES- A&P & Pathology With Complete Solution 2025/2026 ___ usually presents itself as a small group of malignant microcals on the screening mammo. - answer- (DCIS) ductal carcinoma insitu [first sign of breast cancer only visible on mammo]] ___ is the gold standard for the detection of early, nonpalpable breast cancer. - answer-digital mammo what types of nipple discharge are suspicious for malignancy? - answer-spontaneous, unilateral, sticky. -clear -bloody -serous(combo of 2) *80-90% of discharge caused by benign conditions Benign nipple discharges - answer--green, white, milky, cheesey from one or more ducts the first selective population study to demonstrate a reduction in breast cancer mortality as a result of screening mammo was the ___. - answer-HIP (health insurance plan) study for new york ___ are the smallest structures visible on a mammogram. - answer-microcalcifications (they always represent a past or current tissue process, they can be found in as many as 86% of mammos and are usually benign in nature. occurrence increases with age.) the average doubling time for a breast cancer cell is ___. - answer-90-100 days a triple negative breast cancer diagnosis indicates that the cancerous tumor is ___. - gen receptor sterone receptor negative 3. HER2 receptor negative *this type of cancer will respond to chemo but not hormonal therapy *comprises 15%of all breast cancers a final assessment category is assigned by the radiologist following interpretation of the mammo images. when the radiologist assigns a category 4 to a patient's study, it is understood that the mammo ___. - answer-demonstrates a suspicions abnormality and a biopsy should be considered. younger women tend to have a predominance of ___ and ___ breast tissue making the detection of early breast cancer in these women more difficult. - answer-heterogeneously dense and/or extremely dense glandular the majority of breast cancers (50%) are found in the dense, glandular tissue of the ___. - answer-UOQ