Mammography Boards Patient Care Questions And Answers

Mammography Boards Patient Care Questions And
Answers
What is the biggest risk factor for breast cancer? ✅ ans gender (being a female)


As a woman ages, what does the incidence of cancer do? ✅ ans increases


What percentage of breast cancr is diagnosed in women in their 40s? ✅ ans 18%


What percentage of women are older than 50 when diagnosed with breast cancer? ✅ ans 77%


Women younger than 30 account for what percentage of breast cancer cases? ✅ ans 0.3%


All women have a lifetime risk of what percentage of devloping breast cancer? ✅ ans 12%


What percentage of breast cancer cases are hereditary? ✅ ans 5% to 10%


What are the genes for breast cancer? ✅ ans brca1, brca2, and palb2


What are the tumor suppressor genes? ✅ ans brca1 and brca2


What percentage of the general population carries the mutated gene? ✅ ans 1%


Women with abnormal palb2 gene have what percentage lifetime risk for developing breast cancer? ✅
ans 33% to 58%


Breast cancer risk is higher in women whose ____________ degree relatives have this disease. ✅ ans
first


A mother, sister, or daughter with breast cancer will do what to your risk? ✅ ans double it