Statistics
Diagnostics
Early Detection
Myths
What is...
100

How many women will be diagnosed with breast cancer in their lifetime.

What is 1 in 8

100

This diagnostic method uses additional x-rays compared to its screening counterpart

What is diagnostic mammogram?

100
What is the color of the ribbon?
Pink.
100
Does breast lump mean cancer?.
Around 80 percent of breast lumps are actually begin as tumors or cysts.
100
True or false, breast cancer develops in the breast.
True.
200

Breast cancer is the _________ leading cause of cancer deaths in women.

What is second?

200

This diagnostic method uses sound waves to detect abnormalities in breast tissue

What is ultrasound

200
What does it associate with?
Individual generosity, faith in scientific progress, and a can-do attitude.
200
Do men get breast cancer?
True. It is estimated that about 2,190 men will be diagnosed with breast cancer and 410 will die each year.
200
True or false? Tumors are a mass of tissue caused by uncontrolled cell growth.
True.
300

True or false, men can get breast cancer

What is true?

300

***Daily Double: This diagnostic method uses magnetic fields and radio waves to generate images of the breast tissue

What is MRI?

300
Who made the ribbon?
Alexandra Penney, the editor-in-chief of the women's health magazine Self, and breast cancer survivor Evelyn Lauder
300
Is it true that if you've had a family member who had cancer before, you will get it?
False. Women who have a family history do have a higher risk of getting it, but only about 10% of individuals with breast cancer have a family history.
300
Where can tumors spread?
Tumors can spread by entering blood or lymph vessels, which branch into tissues throughout the body.
400

How many breast cancer survivors are there in the US

What is over 4 million?

400

This diagnostic method involves a minor surgical procedure

What is a biopsy?

400

What is the ribbon's goal?

It encourages consumers to focus on the emotionally appealing ultimate vision of a cure to breast cancer.

400
Breast cancers always come in lumps, true or false, if true give 2 examples of other signs.
False. Swelling, irritation, dimpling, and other abnormalities can all signal breast cancer
400
What is metastasis?
It is cancer cells traveling to other parts of the body and damaging other tissues and organs.
500

Breast cancer death rates are ____% higher in black women than white women.

What is 40%?

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