BH101: Resources

Section	Name	Description
Module 1: Anatomy of the Breast	Flashcards Module 1: Anatomy of the Breast	Here are specialized flashcards designed to reinforce and test your knowledge throughout this course.

Module 1: Lesson 1: Gross Anatomy of the Breast	Overview of the Breast - Anatomy & Physiology of the Breast	Read the entire article to learn about the female breast. (10 minutes) Johns Hopkins Medicine - Pathology
	Breast Anatomy	Read the entire article to learn about the female breast. (10 minutes) Health Library Cleveland Clinic - 2023
	Lymphatic drainage of the breast	Read the entire article to learn about the lymphatic drainage of the breast. (10 minutes) Radiopedia - 2023
	The Lymphatic System in Breast Cancer: Anatomical and Molecular Approaches	Read the entire article. (10 minutes) MDPI - 2021

Module 1: Lesson 2: Histologic Anatomy of the Breast	Anatomy Atlases - Atlas of Microscopic Anatomy - A Functional Approach: Companion to Histology and Neuroanatomy: Second Edition	Click on the corresponding links to access plates 13.253-13.256. Examine the plates and read the accompanying text to learn about the microscopic anatomy of the mammary gland. (13 minutes) Michael P. D'Alessandro, M.D., and Ronald A. Bergman, Ph.D curate Anatomy Atlases - 2015
	Simplified diagram of the anatomy of the breast	Read, Draw and label a complete breast ductal system. (5 minutes) Barbara Luz Oliveira - 2018
	TDLU; terminal duct lobular unit; TDLUs	Read the entire article. (15 minutes) 1996 - 2019 Humpath.com - Human Pathology - 2016

Module 2: Physiology of the Breast	Flashcards Module 2: Physiology of the Breast	Here are specialized flashcards designed to reinforce and test your knowledge throughout this course.

Module 2: Lesson 1: Breast Development	Molecular Mechanisms Guiding Embryonic Mammary Gland Development	Read the entire article. (30 minutes) Published by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, Pamela Cowin and John Wysolmerski - 2025
	Hormones and Breast Development: A Deep Dive	Read the entire article. (20 minutes) Dr. Maria Gomez
	Changes in the mammary gland during aging and its links with breast diseases	Read the entire article. (30 minutes) Acta Biochim Biophys Sin (Shanghai) - 2023

Module 2: Lesson 2: Reproductive Cycle Changes	Physiological changes in the mammary glands during a female’s life	Read the entire article. (15 minutes) Pol J Radiol - 2024
	Physiology of Lactation	Read the entire article. (15 minutes) Fastest Obstetric, Gynecology, and Pediatric Insight Engine - 2025
	Breastfeeding Care Plan Chart	Read the entire article. (15 minutes) Joshua Napilay - 2024

Module 3: Benign Disorders of the Breast	Flashcards Module 3: Benign Disorders of the Breast	Here are specialized flashcards designed to reinforce and test your knowledge throughout this course.

Module 3: Lesson 1: Nipple Discharge and Galactorrhea	Nipple Discharge	Read the entire article. (30 minutes) Arrangoizmd - 2025
	Galactorrhea	Read the entire article. (15 minutes) NIH - National Library of Medicine - 2023
	Nipple Discharge	Read the entire article to learn about nipple discharge. (30 minutes) Lydia Choi, MD, Karmanos Cancer Center - 2025
	Nipple Discharge: An Early Warning Sign of Breast Cancer	Read the entire article. (10 minutes) NLM provides: Veda Parthasarathy, Usharani Rathnam - 2012
	Nipple Discharge: Current Clinical and Imaging Evaluation	Read the entire article. (30 minutes) American Journal of Roentgenology - 2020
	DBT-galactography: a promising tool for improving the diagnostic workup of nipple discharge	Read the entire article. (30 minutes) NLM provides: Marco Moschetta , Vincenzo De Ruvo - 2020

Module 3: Lesson 2: Breast Pain and Infections	Is Your Breast Pain Cyclical or Non-Cyclical? How to Tell	Read the entire article. (10 minutes) Health Central By Alyssa Sparacino Medical Reviewer Andrea Eisenberg, M.D. - 2024
	Inflammatory diseases of the non-lactating female breasts	Read the entire article. (30 minutes) C. Gopalakrishnan Nair Hiran - 2015
	Non-Lactational Mastitis: Symptoms, Diagnosis, and Care	Read the entire article. (15 minutes) BiologyInsights Team - 2025
	Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine Clinical Protocol #36: The Mastitis Spectrum, Revised 2022	Read the entire article. (45 minutes) NLM provides - 2022
	Mastalgia (Breast Pain)	Read the article to learn more about breast pain. (3 minutes) Mary Ann Kosir, MD - 2016
	Antibiotics and Mastitis: New ABM Protocol	Read the entire article. (3 minutes) LACTAPP - 2022

Module 3: Lesson 3: Breast Masses and Structural Abnormalities	Fibroadenoma Vs Cyst: Understanding The Difference	Read the entire article. (20 minutes) Acibadem Health Point - 2025
	A Comprehensive Review of Breast Fibroadenoma: Correlating Clinical and Pathological Findings	Read the entire article. (30 minutes) NLM provides: - 2023
	Optimal strategies for addressing developmental breast asymmetry and the significance of symmetrical treatment: A systematic review	Read the entire article. (35 minutes) Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery - 2023
	Introduction Breast Exam	Read the entire article. (20 minutes) Stanford University - 2025
	Breast Examination Techniques	Read the entire article. (15 minutes) NLM provides - 2023

Module 4: Routine Screening for Selected Diseases of the Breast	Flashcards Module 4: Routine Screening for Selected Diseases of the Breast	Here are specialized flashcards designed to reinforce and test your knowledge throughout this course.

Module 4: Lesson 1: Breast Cancer Screening Principles	Mammograms, Ultrasounds and MRIs: What's the Difference?	Read the entire article. (10 minutes) Cedars-Sinai Blog - 2021
	New Recommendations for Breast Cancer Screening—In Pursuit of Health Equity	Read the entire article. (15 minutes) JAMA Netw Open - 2024
	Limitations of Mammograms	Read the entire article. (10 minutes) American Cancer Society - 2022

Module 4: Lesson 2: Management of Benign Breast Findings	Approach to the Breast Mass	Read the entire article. (13 minutes) Hospital Handbook - 2025
	Current Management and Treatment Options for Breast Pain	Read the entire article. (15 minutes) Mayo Clin Proc. - 2020
	Prolactinoma	Read the entire article. (15 minutes) John D. Carmichael, MD, Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California - 2023
	Hyperprolactinemia with Galactorrhea Due to Subclinical Hypothyroidism: A Case Report and Review of Literature	Read the entire article. (10 minutes) NLM provides: Kashif Aziz, Amir Shahbaz - 2018

Module 5: Epidemiology and Risk Assessment for Breast Cancer	Flashcards Module 5: Epidemiology and Risk Assessment for Breast Cancer	Here are specialized flashcards designed to reinforce and test your knowledge throughout this course.

Module 5: Lesson 1: Breast Cancer Risk Factors	Breast Cancer Prevention (PDQ) - Health Professional Version	Read the sections titled "Who's at risk?" and "Overview" to learn about the factors associated with increased and decreased risk of breast cancer, as well as the interventions that reduce the risk of breast cancer. (14 minutes) National Cancer Institute - 2025
	Incidence Rate Trends of Breast Cancer Overall and by Molecular Subtype by Race and Ethnicity and Age	Read the entire article. (45 minutes) JAMA Network Open - 2025
	Importance of a Personal History of Breast Cancer as a Risk Factor for the Development of Subsequent Breast Cancer: Results From Screening Breast MRI	Read the entire article to learn about the importance of a personal history of breast cancer. (20 minutes) Schacht DV, Yamaguchi K, Lai J, Kulkarni K, Sennett CA, Abe H. -2014
	Breast Cancer Prevention (PDQ) - Health Professional Version	Read the section titled "Inherited Risk" and click on the 5 links in this section to read about breast cancer risk assessment tools. (15 minutes) National Cancer Institute - 2025

Module 5: Lesson 2: Risk Reduction Strategies	Reducing the risk of breast cancer: A personalized approach	Read the entire article. (40 minutes) The Journal of Family Practice - 2012
	Development and pilot of an online, personalized risk assessment tool for a breast cancer precision medicine trial	Read the entire article. (35 minutes) NIH - National Library of Medicine - 2021
	Risk‐reducing medications for primary breast cancer: a network meta‐analysis	Read the entire article. (35 minutes) Cochrane Breast Cancer Group - 2019
	Surgery to Reduce the Risk of Breast Cancer	Read the entire article. (15 minutes) National Cancer Institute - 2025

Module 5: Lesson 3: Screening in High-Risk Populations	Cancer Screening in the United States, 2016: A Review of Current American Cancer Society Guidelines and Current Issues in Cancer Screening	Read pages 96-103 and review Table 2 for information related to breast cancer. (60 minutes) CA: a Cancer Journal for Clinicians - 2016
	Final Recommendation Statement - Breast Cancer: Screening	Read the web page to understand the current recommendations for breast cancer screening as well as the controversies and differences in recommendations by different expert societies and guidelines. (36 minutes) U.S. Preventive Services Task Force - 2016
	New ACR Breast Cancer Screening Guidelines for High-Risk Women	Read the web page to understand the breast cancer screening for High-Risk Women. (15 minutes) American College of Radiology- 2023
	Genetic Counseling for Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer	Read the entire article and see the YouTube video. (15 minutes) CDC - 2023
	BRCA-Related Cancer: Risk Assessment, Genetic Counseling, and Genetic Testing	Read the entire article. (40 minutes) USPSTF Recommendations App - Prevention Task Force - 2019

Module 6: Lesson 1: Principles of Cancer Genetics	Your Guide to Understanding Genetic Conditions: Breast Cancer	Read the sections titled "Description", "Frequency", "Causes", and "Inheritance Pattern". This resource provides information about hereditary breast cancer. (9 minutes) National Institutes of Health, U.S. National Library of Medicine - 2015
	Reduced penetrance BRCA1 and BRCA2 pathogenic variants in clinical germline genetic testing	Read the entire article. (20 minutes) npj Precision Oncology volume - 2024
	Genetics of breast cancer: a topic in evolution	Read the article to learn more about the genetics of breast cancer. (31 min) S. Shiovitz and L. A. Korde - 2015

Module 6: Lesson 2: Genetic Testing and Counseling	Understanding genetic variants of uncertain significance	Read the entire article. (15 minutes) NLM provides - 2021
	Final Recommendation Statement: BRCA-Related Cancer: Risk Assessment, Genetic Counseling, and Genetic Testing	Read the entire recommendation statement to understand the current indications for screening for BRCA1 and BRCA2. (42 minutes) U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. - 2019
	NCCN Issues Updated Guidance on Genetic Testing for Several Cancers	Read the entire article "NCCN Issues Updated Guidance on Genetic Testing for Several Cancers". (15 minutes) HealthCentral LLC - 2024

Module 7: Lesson 1: Diagnostic Imaging	Comparison of supplemental breast cancer imaging techniques—interim results from the BRAID randomised controlled trial	Read the entire article. (35 minutes) The Lancet - 2025
	A review of various modalities in breast imaging: technical aspects and clinical outcomes	Read the entire article. (45 minutes) Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine - 2020
	How to Read Your Breast Imaging Report using BI‑RADS	Read the entire article. (15 minutes) Radiological Society of North America - 2025

Module 7: Lesson 2: Tissue Diagnosis	Resource Guide: Surgical Management of Benign or High-Risk Lesions	Read the entire article. (35 minutes) American Cancer Society - 2024
	Understand your pathology report	Read the entire article. (15 minutes) American Cancer Society - 2024
	Exploring Biomarkers in Breast Cancer: Hallmarks of Diagnosis, Treatment, and Follow-Up in Clinical Practice	Read the entire article. (30 minutes) NIH- Library of Medicine - 2024

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