The Affected
Breast Cancer affects both men and women.
True or False?
True
Using high-energy rays to kill cancer cells
What is Radiation Therapy?
The number of deaths in US every 13 minutes.
What is 1?
The earliest Recorded case of Breast Cancer was recorded in ______.
What is Ancient Egypt?
Uncontrolled growth of breast cells; refers to a malignant tumor that has developed cells in the breast
What is Breast Cancer?
____% of breast cancers are thought to be hereditary, caused by abnormal genes passed from parent to child
What is 5-10%?
Using special medicines to shrink or kill the cancer cells; the drugs can be pills you take or medicines given in your veins or both
What is Chemotherapy?
Number of women that will die from breast cancer
What is 41,760?
The Romans believed this caused cancer.
What is Black Bile?
Breast cancer is the most _______.
What is the most treatable type of cancer?
The age breast cancer is most likely to develop.
What is 55 years old?
Name 3 things that can help prevent Breast Cancer?
What is Eat a balanced diet, maintain a healthy weight, don’t smoke, limit alcohol, exercise regularly?
Breast cancer death rates declined ____% from 1989 to 2015 among women.
What is 39%?
In the 17th and 18th century, Cancer was believed to be _____.
What is contagious?
Name 3 things that happen if cancer spreads to the brain.
What is Blurry or double vision, Confusion, headache, Memory loss, Mobility issues, Speech difficulties, Seizures?
The race that is most likely to develop breast cancer.
What are white, non-hispanics?
Name 4 types of Treatment.
What is Chemotherapy, Hormonal Therapy, Biological Therapy, and Radiation Therapy?
Number of new cases of invasive breast cancer this year in American women
What is 266,120?
The belief about breast cancer in the 19th century.
What is breast cancer was simply the fear of cancer?
Chronic ___ is one factor that contributes to cancer cell growth in breast cancer.
What is stress?
Name 5 things that can be affected if cancer spreads.
What is the liver, lungs, muscles, bones, and brain?
Hormonal therapy does this.
What is blocks cancer cells from getting the hormones they need to grow?
The average risk of a woman in the United States developing breast cancer sometime in her life is about ____ %
What is 12%?
The earliest recorded case was recorded in this.
What is the Edwin Smith Papyrus?
Age women should get mammograms every year
What is 45 years old?