How much do you know about breast cancer?

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Rachelle Leong, MD

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1. You can get breast cancer if it doesn’t run in your family.
   True False

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2. Breast cancer starts because abnormal cells grow out of control.
   True False

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3. Which is NOT a term describing a normal part of the breast?
   Ducts Lymph nodes Adipose tissue Mastaglia

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4. Breast cancer is more common in…
   Adolescents Older women Younger women

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5. If cancer has metastasized, that means that it…
   Has disappeared from the body Exists only in the place where it started Has spread to other parts of the body

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6. Early signs of breast cancer…
   Are often painful Don’t cause any symptoms Are visible to the naked eye

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7. You still need mammograms after menopause.
   True False

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8. More than 2,000 men are diagnosed with breast cancer every year.
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9. Early detection of breast cancer is the key to successful treatment.
   True False

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10. If you regularly do breast self-exams, you don’t need to schedule an annual mammogram.
    True False

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