Breast Information and Courses from MediaLab, Inc.
These are the MediaLab courses that cover Breast and links to relevant pages within the course.
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| Estrogen and progesterone markers are most commonly used to provide prognostic information about: | View Page |
| It is important to establish a species identification of C. septicum in blood culture isolates because of its close association with carcinoma of the colon. | View Page |
| The nucleated red blood cell and myelocyte photographed here were found on scanning of a peripheral blood smear. In context they are suggestive of metastatic carcinoma to the bone marrow. | View Page |
| Leukoerythroblastosis Illustrated in this field is a normoblast and a myelocyte, representing leukoerythroblastosis, a term associated with the release of immature cells from a disrupted marrow. Metastatic disease in the bone marrow, particularly in patients with primary breast or prostate cancer, is usually the culprit. Leukoerythroblastosis in the absence of anemia or thrombocytopenia is a signal to search for cancer metastic to the marrow. Nucleated RBCs were not identified on the blood smear seen here but were detected by an automated analyzer.The mortality rate of elderly patients with increased NRBCs, especially following accidents or general surgery, is greater. | View Page |