Final Quiz Womens Health Flashcards
What is the first and second leading thing that cancer patients hate to be told
1) youll be fine 2) call me if you need me
How is cancer named?
from where it started not where it spread
Do you want a tumor to be encapsulated?
yes
Less than ___% of cancer in the US are sarcoma
2%
Cancer is the ___ leading cause of death among women
second
Cancer is the leading cause of death among which ethnicity?
Asian Americans
What are two of the leading factors for getting cancer?
1)smoking 2) lack of physical activity
What is the top environmental factor for cancer?
sun exposure
About ___% of lung cancer is in women ___ and younger
50% and 50
What two viruses are linked with cancer
HPV and Hepatitis
What ethnicity is most likely to have breast cancer but in which is it more fatal?
more common in whites, more fatal in blacks
Women are less likely to respond to which cancer treatment
lung
What type of disease is leading cause of death in the U.S. and around the world
chronic disease
At what age is your peek bone mass
30
Osteoporosis is the leading cause of what
frailty
What parts of the body do osteoporosis most commonly affect
spine, hip, and wrist
___% of all US adults affected with osteoporosis are women
80%
____% of all women are predicted to experience a bone fracture due to bone loss
50%
women are __ times more likely than men to get osteoporosis
4
What group is at the highest risk for osteoporosis
non hispanic white post menopausal women
When does menopausal bone loss occur
during first 5-10 years after. lose 3% a year
___ million americans have arthritis but only ___ mill are dr diagnosed
46 mill, 24.3 mill