Scientific
When cells stop following the rules and start growing way too fast, we call that this.
What is Cancer?
Can we write these on the cards?
You are strong, and we are here for you.
Your courage inspires everyone around you.
You are not alone in this journey.
We believe in your strength every day.
Yes! These are perfect.
Pink represents what in Breast Cancer?
This color represents breast cancer awareness worldwide.
What color is breast cancer?
Pink
Which side of the body is roughly 5 to 10% more likely to develop breast cancer?
What is the Left Side?
It’s that quick X-ray test doctors use to check your breasts for anything unusual.
What is a Mammogram?
When writing the cards, can you write messages of false hope?
No!
Men can develop this disease too, even though it is much less common.
Breast Cancer.
BCH members often create these handwritten items to brighten a patient’s day. What is it?
Handwritten Cards.
What animal has the highest risk of getting breast cancer?
Cats.
Breast cancer starts in these tiny parts of your body that are basically the building blocks of everything.
What are cells?
Can you say “You will be fine” or “This treatment will work.”
No.
This gene mutation, often tested for in families with a strong cancer history, increases the risk of breast cancer.
BRCA1 or BRCA2
This group of students helps organize meetings, events, and communication.
BCH Officers!
What color was the official pink breast cancer awareness ribbon before 1991 when the color was used to request for more government funding for cancer research?
Peach.
When cancer doesn’t stay in one spot and moves to other parts of the body, it’s called this.
What is Metalastic?
Yes.
This surgical procedure removes only the tumor and a small amount of surrounding tissue instead of the entire breast.
Lumpectomy.
This value means doing the right thing even when no one is watching.
Integrity.
When was the first documented mention of breast cancer?
Some breast cancers grow because of hormones like estrogen, doctors call this type of cancer this.
What is hormone receptor-positive breast cancer?
This type of message must never appear on a Breast Cancer Hub patient card because it gives instructions about treatments, medications, or what a patient should do medically
Medical Advice
Do you need family history to get Breast Cancer?
No
What do the 3 colors on the BCH Wristband stand for?
Blue= Mens Breast Cancer
Pink= Womens Breast Cancer
Purple= All kinds of Cancers
What is the rarest type of breast cancer?
Angiosarcoma