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General Awareness
Risk Factors
Detection and Prevention
Screening
100
What does BCA stand for?
What is Breast Cancer Awareness
100

Based on current evidence, which of the following is NOT a potential risk factor for breast cancer? A) lack of physical activity B) wearing underwire bras C) cigarette smoking D) family history

What is B) wearing underwire bras

100

What is the most obvious sign that someone has breast cancer? A) Bleeding and Redness B) Soreness and Itchiness C) Unusual Lumps and Swelling D) Lesions and Discoloration

What is C) Unusual Lumps and Swelling

100
What is the name of the X-ray used to help detect breast cancer?
What is a mammogram
200

T/F: Men get breast cancer too

True

200
Which of these has been proven to increase breast cancer risk? A) cell phones b) implants c) antiperspirants d) none of the above
d) none of the above
200

When doing a breast self-exam, what should you be looking for on the breast skin, areola and nipple? A)Bleeding, discoloration, and dry skin B)Scaling, discoloring, lumps, ridges, and puckering C)Redness, itchiness, and foul smell

What is B) scaling, discoloring, lumps, ridges, and puckering

200

Which of the following is NOT a treatment used for breast cancer? A) Surgery B) Chemotherapy C) Radiation D) Hormone therapy E) Ultraviolet light therapy

What is E) ultra violet light therapy

300

Which of the following does NOT describe a tumor? a)It is hard and irregularly shaped b)Tumors can change with menstruation c)It does not move

What is b)Tumors can change with menstruation

300

The greatest risk of breast cancer occurs after what age?

What is 45 and over

300

T/F: A majority of breast cancer cases are diagnosed at the localized stage (no sign cancer has spread outside the breast)

True

300

What is the best way to find breast cancer early? A)Mammogram B)Yearly doctor’s exam C)Your monthly breast self-exam D)All the above

What is d) all of the above

400

T/F: Breast cancer is the 2nd most common cancer in American women.

True (first is skin cancer)

400

Mammograms decrease breast-cancer death rates by what percent A)15% B)26% C)39% D)100%

What is C) 39%

400

At what age does the ACS recommend that women begin yearly mammograms? A) 30 B) 35 C) 40 D) 45

What is C) 40

400

What percentage of women find fibrocystic nodules, aka benign lumps, in their breasts? A) 25% B) 47% C) 66% D) 83%

What is C) 66%

500

1 in _ women in the US will develop breast cancer in her lifetime

What is 8

500

About _% of diagnoses occur in women with no family history of breast cancer.

What is 85%

500

On average, every _ minutes a woman is diagnosed with breast cancer in the United States.

What is 2

500

Of breast lumps biopsied annually, approximately how many are non-cancerous? a) 1 out of 5 b) 4 out of 5 c) 2 out of 3 d) 1 out of 10

What is b) 4 out of 5