Genetic Breast Cancer

Question 1

The single most dietary factor for breast cancer is

Answer 1

alcohol

Question 2

The mutation is the __ gene trumps any minor risk factors for the individual but minor risk factors like ___ are more important at the population level

Answer 2

BRCA; obesity

Question 3

Breast cancers have less __ components and are more sporadic

Answer 3

hereditary

Question 4

BRCA genes code for ____ ___ and need a loss of __ to be deletrious

Answer 4

tumor suppressors; heterozygosity

Question 5

BRCA2 is implicated in causing other cancers with the exception of ___ cancer, which BRCA1 is more associated with

Answer 5

ovarian

Question 6

__ jews should be tested for breast cancer gene

Answer 6

Ashkenazi

Question 7

The ___ procedure reduces the risk of both breast and ovarian cancer

Answer 7

salpingo-oophorectomy

Question 8

BRCA genes repair

Answer 8

DS DNA breaks

Question 9

PARP inhibitors cause __ in cells

Answer 9

DS DNA breaks

Question 10

Patients who have relatives with breast cancer and are ___ __ should undergo the same breast cancer screenings as the population

Answer 10

true negatives

Question 11

CDH1 mutations are associated with __ cancer

Answer 11

gastric