General Information
The definition of breast cancer.
What are the cells in the breast that grow out of control?
How often should breast self-exams be conducted?
What is once a month?
The meaning of a Lumpectomy.
What is the removal of the tumor?
The average number of U.S. women that develop invasive breast cancer in the course of their lifetime.
What is 1 in 8 U.S. women?
A foundation an individual can work with.
What is the National Breast Cancer Foundation?
Risk factors for breast cancer that can be controlled.
What are radiation therapy, alcohol, and drug use?
What is an additional step a woman can take to check for the possibility of breast cancer?
What is screening mammogram?
The meaning of a Mastectomy.
What is the removal of the entire breast?
Asian race with highest mortality rate
What is Japanese Women?
How an individual can help.
What is learning about breast cancer and bringing awareness to your loved ones as well as wearing a pink ribbon to show support for the women who are battling breast cancer?
Risk factors for breast cancer that can't be controlled?
What are genetics, dense breasts, and aging?
What are 3 signs of nipple change that can be seen as a symptom for breast cancer?
The difference between radiation therapy and chemotherapy.
What is using high-energy particles to destroy cancer cells (radiation therapy) vs using anti-cancer drugs that are taken by injection or by mouth (chemotherapy)?
Percentage of women who were diagnosed with Breast Cancer with no previous family history
What is 85%?
How donations help.
What is helping women in need get mammograms?
Two common types of invasive breast cancer.
What are invasive ductal carcinoma and invasive lobular carcinoma?
Three symptoms of breast cancer.
What are the symptoms: new lump in the breast or underarm, swelling of part of the breast, irritation of breast skin, redness or flaky skin in the breast area, pain in any area of the breast, nipple discharge other than breast milk, and/or change in the size or the shape of the breast?
The meaning of hormone therapy.
What is the prevention of hormones from attaching to receptors on cancerous cells?
The percentage of U.S. women ages 20-34 that have been diagnosed with breast cancer.
What is 1.8%?
Fundraisers can only be done through organizations.
Three common types of noninvasive breast cancer.
What are ductal carcinoma in situ, metastatic breast cancer, and inflammatory breast cancer?
What is a way to check for lumps at home?
What is raising an arm behind the head, using flat part of fingers from the other hand, and pressing gently into breast in an up and down pattern?
The meaning of targeted therapy.
What are the use of drugs that target specific abnormalities of cancer cells?
The estimated number of new cases of invasive breast cancer expected to be diagnosed in U.S. women in 2021.
What are 281,550 estimated cases?
How can you show support for women with breast cancer?