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Breast health quiz

1. What are the odds a woman will develop breast cancer during her lifetime?
a) One in 800.
b) One in eight.
c) One in 80.

2.What are some of the risk factors for breast cancer?
a) Increased age.
b) Family history.
c) High-fat diet.
d) Overweight after menopause.
e) All of the above.

3. When is the best time to perform breast self-examination?
a) Every month just before a period for women age 20 and over.
b) Every month during a full moon for women age 20 and over.
c) Every month just after a period for women age 20 and over.

4.Breast cancer only affects women.
a) True b) False

5. Where is the axillary lymph node?
a) Neck b) Armpit c) Groin

6. Breast cancer is curable.
a) True b) False

7. If you’re over 50, you don’t need to worry about having a mammogram.
a) True b) False

8. Breast cancer has no warning signs.
a) True b) False

9. A lump found in the breast is always cancer.
a) True b) False

10. Women with small breasts are less likely to have breast cancer.
a) True b) False

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