Breast Cancer Quiz

1. People with a mutation in BRCA2 (which significantly increases the risk of breast cancer) are also at increased risk of which other cancer?

Lymphoma Pancreas Liver

2. Men can get breast cancer.

True False

3. Removing the breast by mastectomy eliminates a woman's risk of breast cancer.

True False

4. Women should be screened for ovarian cancer every year starting at menopause.

True False

5. What percent of women with breast cancer have mutations in BRCA1 or BRCA2?

2-3 5-10 12-15

6. Breast cancer most commonly starts in which region of the breast?

Ducts Lobules Nipple

7. Breast cancer is the ______ most common cause of cancer-related deaths in women.

First Second Third

8. Which of the following is NOT a risk factor for breast cancer:

First childbirth after age 30 Obesity Too little calcium