Breast Cancer
Statistic: 1 out of 8 women unfortunately will have this diagnosis during their lifetime
What is breast cancer?
The most common form of systemic therapy for cancer
What is chemotherapy?
A risk factor for breast cancer you cannot change?
What is
age
genetics
age of menstruation and menopause
dense tissues in breast
personal or familial history of breast and ovarian cancer/other cancers
radiation therapy before age of 30
What is crochet?
There is a population of about 3.8 million of these people in the United States right now
What are breast cancer survivors?
A surgical treatment that removes all breast tissue
What is a mastectomy?
A risk factor you can change
What is...
having sedentary lifestyle
obesity after menopause
hormonal contraceptives or therapy usage
alcohol consumption
reproductive history
Soft knit/crochet breast prostheses made by volunteers
What are knockers?
Non-cancerous/non-malignant lumps of growth in tissue, that do not spread outside of the original site
What are benign tumors?
These treat the tumor without affecting the rest of the body
What are local treatments?
62 years of age
What is the median age diagnosed with breast cancer?
The country Knitted Knockers trained 30 hospital workers and donated 100 knitted knockers to
What is Rwanda?
This implies that a person has a good chance of responding well to treatment and will have a good quality of life in the future
What is a good prognosis?
The most common form of radiation therapy used to treat cancer
What is External Beam Radiation Therapy (EBRT)
A synthetic non-steroidal estrogen to prevent potential miscarriages in the 1940-70s (now rarely used today)
What is diethylstilbestrol?
The place of origin of knockers in Knitted Knocker's story
What is Maine?