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Symptoms
Risk Factors
Testing
Treatment
Prevention/Early Detection
100

The most common symptom that could lead to breast cancer. 

What is a new lump or mass?

100

Age related risk factor. 

What is "increases with age?" Most breast cancers are diagnosed after age 50. (Per the CDC).

100

X-Ray of the breast

What is a Mammogram?

100

Most common treatment for breast cancer (stages I, II, or II)

What is surgery? 
100

Risk factors to avoid

What are: 

  • Obesity
  • Drinking alcohol
  • Hormone therapy if preventable 
  • Smoking
  • Not getting enough exercise
200

Visible symptoms

What is breast skin that looks red, dry, flaky, thickened or like an orange peel (skin dimpling)?

200

Physical risk factor

What is having dense breasts?

Dense breasts can sometimes make it hard to see tumors on a mammogram. Women with dense breasts are also more likely to get breast cancer. (CDC)

200

High-energy sound waves are bounded off internal tissues/organs to make echoes. 

What is an Ultrasound?

200

Cancer treatment that uses high-energy x-rays or other types of radiation to kill cancer cells. 

What is radiation therapy? 


  • External radiation therapy uses a machine outside the body to send radiation toward the area of the body with cancer.
  • Internal radiation therapy uses a radioactive substance sealed in needles, seeds, wires, or catheters that are placed directly into or near the cancer.
200

Protective factors against breast cancer.

What are: (any of the following)

  • Reproductive history resulting in less exposure to estrogen
  • Taking selective estrogen receptor modulators or aromatase inhibitors and inactivators
    • Selective estrogen receptor modulators
    • Aromatase inhibitors and inactivators
  • Risk-reducing or prophylactic mastectomy
  • Ovarian ablation
  • Getting enough exercise
300
Describe what the symptom Nipple Retraction looks like

What is "an inward turning nipple?"

300

Main factor influencing the possibility of getting breast cancer

What is aging? (Some women will get breast cancer older than 50, even without all the other risk factors. per the CDC).


starting menstrual cycles before age 12; starting menopause after age 55? (Exposes women to hormones longer, raising that risk of getting breast cancer. Per the CDC).

300

Procedure that uses magnet, radio waves, and a computer to make a series of detailed pictures of the breasts.

What is a MRI (Magnetic resonance imaging)?

300

Drug used to stop the growth of cancer cells, either by killing the cells or stopping them from dividing. 

What is chemotherapy (Chemo)?


Chemotherapy for breast cancer is usually systemic, meaning it is injected into a vein or given by mouth. When given this way, the drugs enter the bloodstream to reach cancer cells throughout the body.

300

Unknown risk factors for breast cancer

What is: 

  • Hormonal contraceptives
  • Chemicals in the environment
400
Symptoms that are not directly connected to the breast.

What are lymph nodes under the arm or near the collar bone? 

400

Previous treatments that may be a risk for breast cancer. 

What is previous radiation therapy? (Example is for Hodgkin's Lymphoma before age 30, any other radiation therapy in the chest or breasts increases risk. per the CDC). 

400

Removal of cell or tissues to be viewed under a microscope by a pathologist to check for signs of cancer

What is a biopsy?

  • Excisional biopsy: The removal of an entire lump of tissue.
  • Incisional biopsy: The removal of part of a lump or a sample of tissue.
  • Core biopsy: The removal of tissue using a wide needle.
  • Fine-needle aspiration (FNA) biopsy: The removal of tissue or fluid, using a thin needle.
400

Slows or stops the growth of hormone-sensitive tumors by blocking the body’s ability to produce hormones or by interfering with the effects of hormones on breast cancer cells.

What is hormone or endocrine therapy? 

  • aromatase inhibitor therapy (such as anastrozole, letrozole, or exemestane)
  • fulvestrant
  • elacestrant
  • luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone (LHRH) agonist therapy (such as goserelin or leuprolide)
  • megestrol acetate
  • tamoxifen
400

Genetic options

What is genetic marker testing?

500
Symptom location of pain

What is overall breast or nipple pain?

500

Diethylstilbestrol (DES) 

What is drug exposure? 

DES was given to some pregnant women in the United States between 1940 and 1971 to prevent miscarriage. Women who took DES have a higher risk of getting breast cancer. Women whose mothers took DES while pregnant with them also may have a higher risk of getting breast cancer.

500

An exam of the breast by a doctor or health professional. 

Clinical Breast Exam (CBE). 


The doctor will carefully feel the breasts and under the arms for lumps or anything else that seems unusual.

500

Helping the immune system fight the cancer.

What is immunotherapy?


Immune checkpoint inhibitors block proteins called checkpoints that are made by some types of immune system cells, such as T cells, and some cancer cells. These checkpoints help keep immune responses from being too strong and sometimes can keep T cells from killing cancer cells. When these checkpoints are blocked, T cells can kill cancer cells better. Immune checkpoint inhibitors used to treat breast cancer include:

  • pembrolizumab

This drug works in more than one way to kill cancer cells. It is also considered targeted therapy because it targets specific changes or substances in cancer cells.

500

Detection without a professional

What are regular personal breast exams?

The best time to perform a self-exam for breast awareness is usually the week after your period ends.