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A 70 year old woman presents to your office with a lump in her breast.which one of the following is the greatest risk factor for cancer?
1) nulliparity
2) positive family history
3) use of hormone replacement therapy
4) early menarche
5)advanced age

  #2

all r risk factor , but the greatest risk factor , difficult to decide b/w 2 and 5

i `ll go with adv age

  #3

5 fore sure

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  #4

2?

  #5

i guess its fam history


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  #6

ADVANCED AGE is the single most important risk factor for BREAST CA..and there is absolutely NO doubt abt this!

GLwink

Edited by Aashi on 01/23/07 - 07:06 AM

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  #7

nod

  #8

advanced age

  #9

advanced age!

  #10

positive family history for sure!

  #11

Gilbert, Positive family hx is seen in ONLY 10% of the females dx with breast CA....advanced age is the answer here..

GL


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  #12

I agree -advanced age, but greastest risk factor is actually gender!!

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  #13

nod


  #14

no.2

  #15

Aashi wrote:
ADVANCED AGE is the single most important risk factor for BREAST CA..and there is absolutely NO doubt abt this!

GLwink


These are strong words. In fact Aashi and myself are both 1000% sure of this.. I thought we beat this into the ground and knocked it OUT (only one of few that have been Knocked out)... Geezraised eyebrow

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  #16

its UW q---advanced age

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  #17

psitive family history

  #18

Besides being female, the greatest risk factor for breast cancer is age: older women are much more likely to get breast cancer.

  #19

Wrong again guys breast cancer strikes young and old women like if you said endometrial cancer then yes advanced age is the most important risk factor. It has been proven in many clinical trials thatit is nulliparity the reason for this is because there is increased exposure to estrogen which is a big risk factor for breast cancer also early menarch and late menapause but not advanced age you guys are so wrong breast cancer strikes young women you see with no pregnancy which is nulliparity the person is constantly exposed to estrogen think of it this way also breast cancer allmost never happens in men although it does though why no estrogen get the point people









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