Myth or True
Only women with a family history can get breast cancer
MYTH!!
About 85-90% people diagnosed with breast cancer have no known family history of the disease.
Designated as Breast Cancer Awareness Month in the U.S. and many other countries
What is October?
After being female, this is the most significant uncontrollable risk factor for breast cancer.
What is getting older?
The lifetime probability (or chance) of a woman in the United States developing invasive breast cancer, often cited as the ratio of 1 to this number.
What is 1 in 8?
Having dense breasts is a risk factor for breast cancer
TRUE!!
Women with dense breasts (more glandular and fibrous tissue than fat) have a higher risk of breast cancer.
This iconic piece of fabric is the internationally recognized symbol for breast cancer awareness.
What is the pink ribbon?
This non-modifiable condition, where breasts have more connective tissue than fat, increases risk and can make mammograms harder to read.
What is dense breast tissue?
The most common, visible side effect of many chemotherapy drugs, which involves losing hair from the head and sometimes the body.
What is hair loss?
Men can get breast cancer
TRUE!!
Men have breast tissue and can develop breast cancer, although it is rare
This is the specific day in October dedicated to raising awareness for the most advanced stage of the disease, which is incurable.
What is Metastatic Breast Cancer Awareness Day October 13th?
Women who have this lifestyle factor, defined as one or more drinks per day, have an elevated risk of breast cancer.
What is alcohol consumption?
This is the term for the surgical removal of the entire breast.
What is a mastectomy?
Early detection significantly improves survival rates.
TRUE!
When breast cancer is found early, the 5-year relative survival rate is very high
The color pink is used for awareness, but a combination of pink, green, and this other color is used to represent Metastatic Breast Cancer.
What is teal?
A diagnosis of breast cancer in your mother, sister, or daughter makes up this category of risk factors.
What is family history?
This class of drugs is used to treat Hormone Receptor-Positive breast cancer by blocking the effects of estrogen or reducing its production
What is Hormone Therapy?
An injury or a blow to the breast can cause cancer
Trauma to the breast, such as from a fall or a blow, does not cause breast cancer
Beyond just wearing pink, this is the action the American Cancer Society encourages people to take to go "beyond awareness" during the month of October.
What is getting a Mammogram?
A common follow-up test, this uses sound waves to determine if a lump is a solid mass or a simple, fluid-filled cyst.
What is a ultrasound?
The presence of too much of this protein on cancer cells makes the cancer "positive," but it also means the cancer is treatable with targeted therapies
What is HER2?