Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women, with some 22,000 Canadian women to be afflicted by the disease this year and 5,300 to die from it, according to the Canadian Cancer Society. To learn more about breast cancer, including how to protect yourself and how to detect the disease, take the following quiz. The more you know, the better your odds at beating breast cancer.
1. Which is not a potential risk factor for breast cancer?
a) BRAC1 and BRAC2 gene mutation
b) Early pregnancy
c) Mother or sister who has had breast cancer
d) Early menstruation
2. What should you do to detect breast cancer?
a) Perform a weekly breast self-examination (BSE), have a semi-annual clinical breast exam and undergo an annual mammography from age 30
b) Perform a semi-annual BSE, an annual clinical breast exam and an annual mammography from age 35
c) Perform an annual BSE and a clinical breast exam and mammography every two years from age 40
d) Perform a monthly BSE, have an annual clinical breast exam and undergo a mammography every two years from age 50
3. Which is a possible symptom of breast cancer?
a) Lump, mass or thickening in the breast tissue
b) Change in breast shape or swelling
c) Discharge from the nipple
d) All of the above
4. Which of the following is true?
a) Breast cancer only appears in women in their 50s
b) Small-breasted women don't get breast cancer
c) BSEs should be performed lying down a week after your period
d) Only women get breast cancer
5. What can you do to help protect yourself from breast cancer?
a) Exercise
b) Drink alcohol
c) Increase your intake of dietary fat
d) Increase your body weight
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