TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE ON THE PREVENTION OF NON-FAMILIAL BREAST CANCER

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Breast cancer is most common among women age:
  1. less than 30 years old
  2. 30 - 49 years old
  3. from 50 years old
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Statistics show that breast cancer is more common among in women older than 50 (so after the menopause). Only 5% of cases occur in women before the age of 40.

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The best way to prevent breast cancer is by doing regular screenings by mammogram. At what age should this screening start?
  1. 35
  2. 40
  3. 45
  4. 50
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Screening by mammogram should be done, every 2 years, between the age of 45 and 69. It should start earlier for women with a personal or family history of breast cancer.

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Most women with breast cancer have:
  1. Family history of the disease
  2. Frequent breast cysts
  3. High levels of stress
  4. None of these
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For most women with breast cancer the main risk factors is to be a woman and to age

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What of the following are breast cancer risk factors?
  1. Have children at a late age
  2. Post-menopause obesity
  3. Excessive alcohol consumption
  4. All of these
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We do not know why exactly breast cancer develops, but there are some known risk factors. All of the options presented are factors that increase the risk of the disease.

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If a breast nodule is detected, we can only know if it is benign or malignant after a biopsy
  1. Truth
  2. False
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Several new methods have recently been developed to do breast biopsy without the need for surgery. Through a small puncture it is possible to collect cells (cytology) or tissues (biopsy) from the breast to determine if a tumor is benign or malignant

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The appearance of fibrocysts (lumps caused by fibrosis) in the breast increase the chance of breast cancer
  1. Truth
  2. False
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Fibrocystic changes are common, in fact they represent the majority of the benign changes appearing in women between the age of 35 and 50. They are small balls of fluid, and rarely degenerate into cancer

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Like women, men can also develop breast cancer:
  1. Truth
  2. False
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Despite being about 100 times less common in men than in women, breast cancer also affects men. ALERT Due to the male breast have much less mammary tissue, cancer dispersion in men is much quicker making its detection and treatment even more urgent.

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