“suspicious mass”

• Initial diagnosis

1. Briefly describe the principle of mammography and how a “suspicious mass” is detected.
2. What conclusions can be drawn from the needle biopsy?
3. What are the limitations of the needle biopsy?
   • Include labelled images from the practical class (not the case study documentation) to illustrate your answers to the following section with appropriate figure legends.
4. Why do we need to determine the histological subtype of tumour?
5. How would the molecular characteristics of the tumour determine the treatment regimen AND prognosis?
6. Please grade the tumour that you have studied and explain your reasoning.