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True or False. A breast cancer gene is inheritable.
True
100
True or False, breast cancer is the most common cancer in women.
False, skin cancer is the most common.
100
Name two ways to treat Breast Cancer?
Surgery, Radiation Therapy, Chemotherapy.
100
This nationality is at a higher risk for breast cancer than women of other nationalities.
African American.
100
What is the second most diagnosed cancer in women.
Breast Cancer.
200
What is the difference between BRCA 1 and BRCA 2?
BRCA 1 is found to cause both breast and ovarian cancer (prostate in males). BRCA2 only causes breast cancer.
200
what is cancer?
When cells become abnormal and divide without control or order.
200
Name three things that put you at greater risk to getting breast cancer?
Family history, age, being a woman, having no children.
200
These are often seen as definite sign of breast cancer, but may be benign.
Lumps.
200
The greatest risk of breast cancer occurs at what age? a) under 30 b) 30-49 c) 50 and over
Although all women are at risk, a woman's risk increases with age. 82% of women with breast cancer are diagnosed around age 50.
300
True or False. 80% of women with breast cancer have no family history.
True.
300
What is a tumor?
When cells form too much extra tissue.
300
Name three things that may lesson your chances of getting breast cancer?
Eating healthy, not drinking alcohol, not smoking, exercise, checkups with your doctor at least once a year. (PREVENTATIVE SCREENING).
300
Myth or Fact. If I have a lump on my breast, I have breast cancer.
Myth.
300
How often should you perform a self examination of your breasts?
Try to get into the habit of doing a breast self examination ONCE a month to familiarize yourself with how your breasts normally look and feel.
400
Name the main way to detect breast cancer?
Mammogram.
400
What is a benign tumor?
Not a cancerous tumor.
400
This should be done monthly from the age of 20 in order to check for breast cancer?
Breast self examination
400
Myth or Fact. I'm too young to get breast cancer.
Myth
400
When should you perform a breast self exam in relation to the time of the month ?
Examine yourself several days after your menstruation ends, when your breasts are least likely to be swollen and tender. If you are no longer menstruating, choose a day that is easy to remember, such as the first or last day of the month.
500
True or False, Men cannot get breast cancer.
False
500
What is a malignant tumor?
A cancerous tumor.
500
what is an X-ray of the breast and should be done yearly for women over 40?
Mammogram
500
Which month is breast cancer awareness month.
October.
500
True or False. A woman's risk of breast cancer is higher if her mother, sister or daughter had breast cancer.
True.