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Breast Cancer Facts
Risk Factors
True or False
Detection
Decreasing Risks
100
With the exception of skin cancer, this is the most common cancer in women.
What is Breast Cancer?
100

This gender is at higher risk for breast cancer

What is being a woman?

100

Early detections of breast cancer can improve treatment outcomes.

What is true.

100
Becoming aware of the look and feel of your breasts is called.
What is Breast Self-Awarness?
100
Do this for 30 minutes a day & decrease your risk by 18%.
What is taking a walk (moderate aerobic activity)?
200
Breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in women, the first is.
What is lung cancer?
200
Being overweight, physical inactivity, alcohol consumption and the use of MHT are called
Potentially modifiable risk factors for breast cancer?
200

All lumps in the breast are cancerous.

What is false.

200
Lumps, skin thickness, skin dimpling, changes in color, an inverted nipple and nipple discharge.
What are potential signs and symptoms of breast cancer?
200

Limiting this beverage can help prevent breast cancer

What is drinking alcohol (5 oz.wine, 12 oz.beer or 1-1/2 oz.liquor)?

300
There are almost 3 million of these in the United States.
What are breast cancer survivors?
300
The risk for breast cancer increases if you have this history
What is a personal and/or family history of breast cancer?
300

Family history has no affect to your risk of getting breast cancer.

What is false(family history can increase your risk).

300
From age 18 - 40, one of these shoud be done every 1 - 3 years.
What is a Clinical Breast Exam (CBE)?
300

Maintaining a healthy level of this can help lower risk 

What is a healthy weight?

400
The most common risk factors for Breast Cancer.
What is being a woman and getting older.
400

This gene mutation is linked to hereditary breast cancer

What are BRCA1 and BRCA2 gene mutations?

400

Men cannot get breast cancer.

What is false(Men can get breast cancer although it is rare).

400
The American Cancer Society recommends that women age 40 and older have one of these every year.
What is a mammogram?
400
During childbearing years, doing this has a protective effect against breast cancer.
What is breast feeding?
500
At age 60, the chance of getting breast cancer is
What is 3% or 1 out of 28?
500
This type of breast tissue may increase the risk of getting breast cancer.
What is having dense breast tissue?
500

All breast cancer are the same and treated the same way.

What is false(There are different types of breast cancers and treatments that vary.)

500
Women with dense breast tissue will get a letter in the mail stating that they may need
What are additonal screenig tests?
500

Avoiding unnecessary exposure to this medical imaging can help?

What is radiation(X-rays)?