Breast Lumps course for GPs

This session concentrates on the assessment and management of women who present with breast lumps in primary care.

This session was reviewed by Khyati Bakhai and last updated in September 2020.

Learning Objectives

By the end of this session you will be able to:

• Demonstrate a reasoned approach to the diagnosis of breast lumps in a manner that is comfortable for both the patient and the GP using history, examination, incremental investigations, and refer appropriately
• Intervene urgently with suspected malignancy and have a low threshold for the referral of breast lumps
• Demonstrate an understanding of the importance of risk factors in the diagnosis and management of women’s problems
• Outline screening strategies relevant to women and discuss their advantages/disadvantages
• Describe the issues relating to the use of chaperones

Breast lumps are a common presentation in general practice where one in four women is referred to a breast clinic at some time during her life.