Mutations & Genetics
True or False: A breast cancer gene is inheritable
What is True?
True or False: 80% of women with breast cancer have no family history.
What is True?
True or False: Breast cancer is the second leading cause of death among women in the United States
What is True? Breast cancer is the leading cause of death for Black and Hispanic women
When are screening tests (mammograms) performed on patients?
Screening tests are routine for people who appear to be healthy and are not suspected of having breast cancer. Their purpose is to find breast cancer early, before any symptoms can develop and the cancer usually is easier to treat.
Health experts recommend doing this once a month to check for changes or lumps in your breasts.
What is a monthly self-examination? Do breast self-examination once a month to familiarize yourself with how your breasts normally look and feel.
Families with a history of inherited gene mutations are known as these
What are Mutant Families? OR What are hereditary cancer families?
True or False: California has the highest number of breast cancer incidences and deaths?
What is True?
Estimate how many women will die from breast cancer in the U.S. in 2025
What is 42,170?
This type of test is used when a person has symptoms or an abnormal screening result
What is a Diagnostic test? Given to people who are suspected of having breast cancer, either because of symptoms they may be experiencing or a screening test result. These tests are used to determine whether or not breast cancer is present and, if so, whether or not it has traveled outside the breast. Diagnostic tests also are used to gather more information about the cancer to guide decisions about treatment.
During a self-exam, men should check for these changes in their chest or nipple area that could indicate breast cancer
What is a mass under the nipple, inverted nipple, clear or bloody nipple discharge, or flaking of the nipple?
What percentage of people contract breast cancer because of mutated genes?
What is 10%?
True or False: Using birth control pills and having an abortion both cause breast cancer
What is False? Oral Contraceptives present an incredibly low risk to develop breast cancer, and Abortions are not linked to breast cancer incidences
Estimate how many men will die from breast cancer in the U.S. in 2025
What is 510?
These drugs are used to kill or slow the growth of rapidly dividing cancer cells
What is chemotherapy? A type of treatment with drugs that kill cancer cells. It is a strong and effective treatment but can also cause serious side effects as the drugs kill the bad & good cells.
What percentage of breast cancer diagnosis are first detected by women through self-examinations
What is 40%?
Name the two mutated genes that cause breast cancer.
What are BRCA1 and BRCA2?
True or False: New guidelines suggest mammograms are not necessary every year.
What is False? Experts' suggestions for regular Mammograms vary by age, gender, ethnicity, and health factors.
True or False: A woman's risk of breast cancer is higher if her mother, sister or daughter had breast cancer.
What is True?
This surgical procedure removes the part of the breast that contains cancer along with some surrounding healthy tissue
What is a Partial Mastectomy?
In what part of the breast would you expect to find the most "lumps" and "bumps"?
What is the upper, outer area, and near your armpit area?
This BRCA gene is linked to triple-negative breast cancer.
What is BRCA1?”
True or False: Self Examinations and Mammograms are the Solution to Breast Cancer
What is False? Early detection and treatment is key for breast cancer survival. While mammograms and self-exams help, they are not perfect: mammograms can give false positives, causing unnecessary worry and procedures, and they sometimes miss real cancers.
What are the most common symptoms of early breast cancer?
What are hard lumps in the breast, swelling in the armpit, nipple charge, or discoloration of skin
This type of therapy uses medicines to block or lower hormones that help some breast cancers grow
What is hormone therapy?
If you feel a lump in your breast that did not show up on a mammogram, what should you do?
Mammography misses at least 10 percent of breast cancer. So if you feel a lump that doesn't show up on a mammogram, bring it to your doctor's attention. Get it evaluated.