Breast Cancer Awareness
This is the abnormal growth of cells in the breast that can lead to the formation of a tumor.
What is breast cancer?
This treatment option involves the surgical removal of the breast tumor and surrounding tissue.
What is surgery?
This lifestyle choice, such as a diet high in fruits and vegetables, can help lower the risk of developing breast cancer.
What is maintaining a healthy lifestyle?
These are the basic structural and functional units of life, which can become cancerous when they grow and divide uncontrollably.
What are cells?
This is the percentage of breast cancer cases that occur in women without a family history of the disease.
What is 85%?
This imaging test is commonly used to detect breast cancer in its early stages, typically starting at age 40.
What is a mammogram?
This type of therapy uses strong medications to kill rapidly dividing cancer cells in the body.
What is chemotherapy?
This is a significant risk factor for breast cancer that can be passed down through generations.
What is family history (or genetics)?
Cancer cells can bypass normal checkpoints in the cell cycle, which allows them to do this.
What is divide uncontrollably?
Early detection of breast cancer through regular screenings can lead to this approximate five-year survival rate when caught in the localized stage.
What is 90%?
Women with mutations in these two genes, BRCA1 and BRCA2, have a significantly increased risk of developing breast cancer.
What are tumor suppressor genes?
This therapy uses high-energy rays to target and destroy cancer cells, focusing on the affected area.
What is radiation therapy?
Exposure to certain chemicals, like those found in tobacco smoke, can increase the risk of developing breast cancer due to their classification as these.
What are carcinogens?
This term describes the process through which cancer cells evade the immune system's attempts to destroy them.
What is immune evasion?
Women are typically advised to start performing breast self-exams at this age to monitor their breast health.
What is 20?
This term describes when cancer cells spread from their original site to other parts of the body.
What is metastasis?
This treatment blocks hormones that promote the growth of hormone-sensitive breast cancers.
What is hormonal therapy?
This is the name for the testing that can identify genetic mutations that may increase the risk of breast cancer.
What is genetic testing?
In breast cancer, cells may acquire the ability to invade neighboring tissues and organs, a process known as this.
What is invasion?
Hormonal changes throughout life, such as those during menstruation or menopause, can influence breast cancer risk; this is known as what?
What is hormonal exposure?
Approximately 1 in this many women in the U.S. will develop breast cancer during their lifetime.
What is 8?
This emerging treatment uses the body's own immune system to fight off cancer cells.
What is immunotherapy?
Maintaining a healthy weight and regular exercise are crucial for reducing the risk of breast cancer and other chronic diseases; this is referred to as what?
What is lifestyle modification?
These changes in the DNA sequence that disrupt normal cell function are often responsible for the development of cancer.
What are genetic mutations?
Advances in research are leading to new approaches like targeted therapies and personalized medicine; what is this known as?
What is precision medicine?