Mammo Boards UPDATED Questions and
CORRECT Answers
Approximately __% of women who get breast cancer have a family member that was diagnosed
with it - CORRECT ANSWER - 15
What kind of cancer is the most commonly diagnosed? - CORRECT ANSWER - Breast
__% of newly diagnosed cancers in women will be breast cancer - CORRECT ANSWER -
30
__ cancer is the #1 cause of cancer deaths in women in the US - CORRECT ANSWER -
lung
__cancer is the #2 cause of cancer deaths in women in the US - CORRECT ANSWER -
Breast
Approximately ___ new cases of invasive breast cancer - CORRECT ANSWER - 275,000
Approximately ___ new cases of noninvasive cases of breast cancer - CORRECT
ANSWER - 48,000
Mutations of the ___ and ___ genes are the most common - CORRECT ANSWER -
BRCA1 and BRCA2
Women with the BCRA1 mutation have about __% lifetime risk of developing breast cancer -
CORRECT ANSWER - 70
Women with BCRA1 and BRCA2 have a higher risk of developing - CORRECT
ANSWER - Ovarian cancer
,Women under 45 breast cancer is more common in - CORRECT ANSWER - white and
African American
____women are more likely to die from breast cancer - CORRECT ANSWER - African
American
Women who have a benign lump have a __ risk of getting breast cancer - CORRECT
ANSWER - higher
Proliferative lesion WITHOUT atypia: - CORRECT ANSWER - Ductal hyperplasia
Fibroadenoma
Scherosing Adenosis
Several Papillomas
Radial Scar
Proliferative lesion WITH atypia: - CORRECT ANSWER - Atypical ductal hyperplasia
Atypical Lobular Hyperplasia
Cells that look like cancer cells are growing in the lobules of the milk-producing glands of the
breast, they never grow out of these lobules - CORRECT ANSWER - LCIS Lobular
carcinoma in situ
Women with ___ have a much higher risk of developing cancer in either breast - CORRECT
ANSWER - LCIS
___ lobes in each breast - CORRECT ANSWER - 15-20
Women who had more menstrual cycles (started early and ended late) have a ___ risk of
developing breast cancer - CORRECT ANSWER - Higher
,openings in the nipple - CORRECT ANSWER - 5-15
Under the skin fat - CORRECT ANSWER - Subcutaneous adipose
Nulliparity - CORRECT ANSWER - a women who has never given birth
Primiparity - CORRECT ANSWER - a women who has given birth to one child
Women who have been treated with radiation to the chest for another cancer you have a __ risk
rate of getting breast cancer - CORRECT ANSWER - higher
Being overweight or obese and physically inactive are a ___ risk - CORRECT ANSWER -
higher
Mammo screening should begin ___ to ___ years after treatment of other cancers involving chest
radiation - CORRECT ANSWER - 8-10
__ breast tissue on mammogram have a risk of breast cancer that is about 1.5-2 times that of
women with average breasts - CORRECT ANSWER - dense
as of march 2020 there are more than ___ million women with a history of breast cancer in the
US - CORRECT ANSWER - 3.5
BIRADS A Classification - CORRECT ANSWER - Fatty <25% dense
BIRADS B classification - CORRECT ANSWER - Fibro-glandular 25%-50% dense
BIRADS C classification - CORRECT ANSWER - Heterogeneously Dense 51%-75%
, BIRADS D classification - CORRECT ANSWER - Dense >75%
Lifetime risk of men getting breast cancer - CORRECT ANSWER - 1 in 883
Lifetime risk of women getting breast cancer - CORRECT ANSWER - 1 in 8
Approximate deaths in women from breast cancer each year - CORRECT ANSWER -
42,000
Approximate deaths in men from breast cancer each year - CORRECT ANSWER - 520
Uncontrollable risk factors for breast cancer - CORRECT ANSWER - gender
age
inherited gene mutations
Controllable risk factors for breast cancer - CORRECT ANSWER - obesity
HRT
Alcohol consumption
Physical inactivity
Weight gain
how often is pectoral muscle seen on a CC - CORRECT ANSWER - 30-40%
The PNL should be no more than how many CM difference between the CC and MLO -
CORRECT ANSWER - 1 CM
Ideal shape of the pectoral muscle on the MLO view? - CORRECT ANSWER - Convex
CORRECT Answers
Approximately __% of women who get breast cancer have a family member that was diagnosed
with it - CORRECT ANSWER - 15
What kind of cancer is the most commonly diagnosed? - CORRECT ANSWER - Breast
__% of newly diagnosed cancers in women will be breast cancer - CORRECT ANSWER -
30
__ cancer is the #1 cause of cancer deaths in women in the US - CORRECT ANSWER -
lung
__cancer is the #2 cause of cancer deaths in women in the US - CORRECT ANSWER -
Breast
Approximately ___ new cases of invasive breast cancer - CORRECT ANSWER - 275,000
Approximately ___ new cases of noninvasive cases of breast cancer - CORRECT
ANSWER - 48,000
Mutations of the ___ and ___ genes are the most common - CORRECT ANSWER -
BRCA1 and BRCA2
Women with the BCRA1 mutation have about __% lifetime risk of developing breast cancer -
CORRECT ANSWER - 70
Women with BCRA1 and BRCA2 have a higher risk of developing - CORRECT
ANSWER - Ovarian cancer
,Women under 45 breast cancer is more common in - CORRECT ANSWER - white and
African American
____women are more likely to die from breast cancer - CORRECT ANSWER - African
American
Women who have a benign lump have a __ risk of getting breast cancer - CORRECT
ANSWER - higher
Proliferative lesion WITHOUT atypia: - CORRECT ANSWER - Ductal hyperplasia
Fibroadenoma
Scherosing Adenosis
Several Papillomas
Radial Scar
Proliferative lesion WITH atypia: - CORRECT ANSWER - Atypical ductal hyperplasia
Atypical Lobular Hyperplasia
Cells that look like cancer cells are growing in the lobules of the milk-producing glands of the
breast, they never grow out of these lobules - CORRECT ANSWER - LCIS Lobular
carcinoma in situ
Women with ___ have a much higher risk of developing cancer in either breast - CORRECT
ANSWER - LCIS
___ lobes in each breast - CORRECT ANSWER - 15-20
Women who had more menstrual cycles (started early and ended late) have a ___ risk of
developing breast cancer - CORRECT ANSWER - Higher
,openings in the nipple - CORRECT ANSWER - 5-15
Under the skin fat - CORRECT ANSWER - Subcutaneous adipose
Nulliparity - CORRECT ANSWER - a women who has never given birth
Primiparity - CORRECT ANSWER - a women who has given birth to one child
Women who have been treated with radiation to the chest for another cancer you have a __ risk
rate of getting breast cancer - CORRECT ANSWER - higher
Being overweight or obese and physically inactive are a ___ risk - CORRECT ANSWER -
higher
Mammo screening should begin ___ to ___ years after treatment of other cancers involving chest
radiation - CORRECT ANSWER - 8-10
__ breast tissue on mammogram have a risk of breast cancer that is about 1.5-2 times that of
women with average breasts - CORRECT ANSWER - dense
as of march 2020 there are more than ___ million women with a history of breast cancer in the
US - CORRECT ANSWER - 3.5
BIRADS A Classification - CORRECT ANSWER - Fatty <25% dense
BIRADS B classification - CORRECT ANSWER - Fibro-glandular 25%-50% dense
BIRADS C classification - CORRECT ANSWER - Heterogeneously Dense 51%-75%
, BIRADS D classification - CORRECT ANSWER - Dense >75%
Lifetime risk of men getting breast cancer - CORRECT ANSWER - 1 in 883
Lifetime risk of women getting breast cancer - CORRECT ANSWER - 1 in 8
Approximate deaths in women from breast cancer each year - CORRECT ANSWER -
42,000
Approximate deaths in men from breast cancer each year - CORRECT ANSWER - 520
Uncontrollable risk factors for breast cancer - CORRECT ANSWER - gender
age
inherited gene mutations
Controllable risk factors for breast cancer - CORRECT ANSWER - obesity
HRT
Alcohol consumption
Physical inactivity
Weight gain
how often is pectoral muscle seen on a CC - CORRECT ANSWER - 30-40%
The PNL should be no more than how many CM difference between the CC and MLO -
CORRECT ANSWER - 1 CM
Ideal shape of the pectoral muscle on the MLO view? - CORRECT ANSWER - Convex
