Breast Cancer Basics
What is the most common cancer found in women worldwide?
What is breast cancer?
What type of X-ray is used to detect breast cancer early?
What is a mammogram?
Name one lifestyle change that can lower your breast cancer risk.
What is exercising, eating healthy, or limiting alcohol?
What is the surgery to remove part or all of the breast called?
What is a mastectomy or lumpectomy?
What color ribbon represents breast cancer awareness?
What is pink?
What body part does breast cancer primarily affect?
What is the breast tissue?
What should you do once a month to check your own breasts for changes?
What is a breast self-exam?
What gender is most at risk for breast cancer?
What is female?
What kind of therapy uses drugs to kill cancer cells?
What is chemotherapy?
What month is Breast Cancer Awareness Month?
What is October?
True or False: Only women can get breast cancer.
What is False? (Men can get it too.)
What is a biopsy used for?
What is to test tissue for cancer cells?
Does family history increase your risk of breast cancer?
What is yes?
What treatment uses high-energy rays to destroy cancer cells?
What is radiation therapy?
Name one popular event to raise awareness for breast cancer.
What is the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure (or Walk for Awareness)?
What is the name for a noncancerous lump in the breast?
What is a benign tumor?
What does “early detection” mean?
What is finding cancer before symptoms appear?
What two genes are linked to inherited breast cancer risk?
What are BRCA1 and BRCA2?
What doctor specializes in treating cancer?
What is an oncologist?
What organization provides education and support for people with breast cancer?
What is the American Cancer Society?
What is the term for the spread of cancer to other parts of the body?
What is metastasis?
What is one common symptom that might indicate breast cancer?
What is a lump, nipple discharge, or skin changes?
True or False: You can completely prevent breast cancer.
What is False? (You can lower risk, not prevent it entirely.)
What does “remission” mean?
What is when cancer is no longer detected?
What’s one way you can support someone with breast cancer?
What is listening, helping with tasks, or showing encouragement?