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Clinical Oncology 2 Final Exam
Questions with Correct Answers for
Specific Exam Mail
breast cancer accounts for what percentage of cancer
in women?
Ans: 30%
what is the lifetime risk of breast cancer?
Ans: 1 in 8 women
has incidence increased or decrease?
Ans: decreased
what is the most important risk factor of breast cancer?
Ans: Age
what is the overall 5 year survival of breast cancer?
Pretest - Stuvia US
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Ans: 90%
what is the overall 10 year survival of breast cancer?
Ans: 83%
what are the risk factors of breast cancer
Ans: - gender
- age
- Genetics
what is a big genetic risk factor of breast cancer?
Ans: BRCA gene
are BRCA genes good or bad when mutated?
Ans: BAD
BRCA genes are seen in what percentage of patients?
Ans: 5-6%
Pretest - Stuvia US
,3
what is the etiology of breast cancer?
Ans: - personal history of breast cancer
- race (slightly higher in white women, black women tend
to present with higher stage)
- history of abnormal breast biopsy
Early .... / late .... is a risk factor of breast cancer
Ans: early MENARCHE/ late MENOPAUSE
do dense breasts have a higher risk of undetected breast
cancer?
Ans: yes
rank disease by death rate for women
Ans: - lung
- breast
- colon
- pancreas
rank disease by death rate for men
Pretest - Stuvia US
, 4
Ans: - lung
- prostate
- colon
- pancrease
rank disease by incidence for women
Ans: - breast
- lung
- colon
rank disease by incidence for men
Ans: - prostate
- lung
- colon
which family members contribute to risk family history with
breast cancer
Ans: 1st degree relative (like grandma)
2 times increased risk
Pretest - Stuvia US
Clinical Oncology 2 Final Exam
Questions with Correct Answers for
Specific Exam Mail
breast cancer accounts for what percentage of cancer
in women?
Ans: 30%
what is the lifetime risk of breast cancer?
Ans: 1 in 8 women
has incidence increased or decrease?
Ans: decreased
what is the most important risk factor of breast cancer?
Ans: Age
what is the overall 5 year survival of breast cancer?
Pretest - Stuvia US
,2
Ans: 90%
what is the overall 10 year survival of breast cancer?
Ans: 83%
what are the risk factors of breast cancer
Ans: - gender
- age
- Genetics
what is a big genetic risk factor of breast cancer?
Ans: BRCA gene
are BRCA genes good or bad when mutated?
Ans: BAD
BRCA genes are seen in what percentage of patients?
Ans: 5-6%
Pretest - Stuvia US
,3
what is the etiology of breast cancer?
Ans: - personal history of breast cancer
- race (slightly higher in white women, black women tend
to present with higher stage)
- history of abnormal breast biopsy
Early .... / late .... is a risk factor of breast cancer
Ans: early MENARCHE/ late MENOPAUSE
do dense breasts have a higher risk of undetected breast
cancer?
Ans: yes
rank disease by death rate for women
Ans: - lung
- breast
- colon
- pancreas
rank disease by death rate for men
Pretest - Stuvia US
, 4
Ans: - lung
- prostate
- colon
- pancrease
rank disease by incidence for women
Ans: - breast
- lung
- colon
rank disease by incidence for men
Ans: - prostate
- lung
- colon
which family members contribute to risk family history with
breast cancer
Ans: 1st degree relative (like grandma)
2 times increased risk
Pretest - Stuvia US