Christina A. Finlayson, MD

Articles by Christina A. Finlayson, MD

Breast Cancer Following Radiation for Hodgkin Lymphoma: Clinical Scenarios and Risk-Reducing Strategies

ByLinda Overholser, MD, MPH,Elena Shagisultanova, MD, PhD,Rachel Rabinovitch, MD,Nicole Kounalakis, MD,Jennifer Diamond, MD,Christina A. Finlayson, MD,Christine M. Fisher, MD, MPH,Peter Kabos, MD,Anthony D. Elias, MD,Virginia F. Borges, MD, MMSc,Jose Mayordomo, MD, PhD

We review available strategies for screening and risk reduction through chemoprevention or risk-reducing surgery, as well as challenges for management of breast cancer in patients with prior exposure to radiation for Hodgkin lymphoma.

Diagnosis of Invasive Lobular Carcinoma in a Young Woman Presenting With Pleomorphic Lobular Carcinoma in Situ on Core Biopsy

ByNicole Kounalakis, MD,Jennifer Diamond, MD,Kyle Rusthoven, MD,Wendy Horn, MD,Sonali Jindal, MD,Josh Wisell, MD,Catherine E. Klein, MD,Anthony D. Elias, MD,Christina A. Finlayson, MD,Virginia F. Borges, MD, MMSc

A 40-year-old premenopausal woman with a new diagnosis of invasive lobular carcinoma occurring in a background of lobular carcinoma in situ presents to a multidisciplinary second opinion clinic.

Early-Stage BRCA2-Linked Breast Cancer Diagnosed in the First Trimester of Pregnancy Associated With a Hypercoagulable State

ByJennifer R. Diamond, MD,Christina A. Finlayson, MD,Christiane Thienelt, MD,Peter Kabos, MD,Laura Hardesty, MD,Linda Barbour, MD, MSPH,Catherine E. Klein, MD,Rachel Rabinovitch, MD,Anthony D. Elias, MD,Virginia F. Borges, MD, MMSc

This feature examines the case of a patient with newly diagnosed breast cancer in the setting of a first-trimester pregnancy presenting to our multidisciplinary breast cancer clinic.

A Woman With Primary Breast Cancer and a Solitary Sternal Metastasis

ByAlexander Menter, MD,Alexander Urquhart, MD,Virginia F. Borges, MD, MMSc,Rachel Rabinovitch, MD,Meenakshi Singh, MD,William Robinson, MD, PhD,Paul Seligman, MD,Christina A. Finlayson, MD,Anthony D. Elias, MD

The patient presented to her primary care physician 3 months prior with an inverted left nipple and a palpable lump that was highly suggestive of neoplasm on mammogram. An ultrasound-guided core biopsy revealed an infiltrating solid-type ductal carcinoma in situ. The estimated size of the mass was approximately 1 cm. She had no symptoms suggestive of metastatic disease.

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