| Coverage : What are the common treatments for breast cancer? Can it be cured? Take the Breast Cancer Treatment Quiz and find out the treatments and cures for breast cancer. All it takes is two minutes to take the Breast Cancer Treatment Quiz and find out the most important facts related to the treatment of breast cancer. |
| 1. | What is the goal of breast cancer treatment for stages I,II, and III? |
| a. | | Adequately treat cancer |
| b. | | Prevent a recurrence either at the place of the original tumor or elsewhere in the body |
| c. | | Improve signals |
| d. | | Prolong survival |
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| 2. | What is the goal of breast cancer treatment for stage IV? |
| a. | | Adequately treat cancer |
| b. | | Prevent a recurrence either at the place of the original tumor or elsewhere in the body |
| c. | | Improve signals |
| d. | | Prolong survival |
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| 3. | Which of the following is true about stage IV? |
| a. | | Stage IV cannot be cured |
| b. | | Stage IV can be cured |
| c. | | Is malignant |
| d. | | Is benign in nature |
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| 4. | What are the different types of treatments available to treat breast cancer? |
| a. | | Surgery |
| b. | | Radiation therapy |
| c. | | Chemotherapy |
| d. | | Hormonal therapy |
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| 5. | What is the standard treatment for stage 0 breast cancer? |
| a. | | Mastectomy or lumpectomy (lump removal) |
| b. | | Radiation |
| c. | | Chemotherapy |
| d. | | All of the above |
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| 6. | For stages 1 and 2 disease the standard treatment is: |
| a. | | Radiation therapy |
| b. | | Mastectomy or lumpectomy (lump removal) |
| c. | | "Sentinel node" lymph node removal |
| d. | | Chemotherapy |
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| 7. | What constitutes follow-up treatment? |
| a. | | Chemotherapy |
| b. | | Hormone therapy |
| c. | | None of the above (a or b) |
| d. | | Both of the above (a and b) |
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| 8. | What is the standard treatment for stage III patients? |
| a. | | Surgery |
| b. | | Chemotherapy |
| c. | | Radiation therapy |
| d. | | All of the above |
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| 9. | Stage IV breast cancer may be treated with |
| a. | | Combination of surgery, radiation, chemotherapy, hormonal therapy |
| b. | | None of surgery, radiation, chemotherapy, hormonal therapy |
| c. | | Any of surgery, radiation, chemotherapy, hormonal therapy |
| d. | | Any two of surgery, radiation, chemotherapy, hormonal therapy |
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| 10. | Home care for breast cancer is not appropriate. All women with breast lumps should be seen by a doctor, and breast cancer should be treated by cancer specialists (oncologists). |
| a. | | True |
| b. | | False |
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| 11. | Which therapy is used to treat cancer locally? |
| a. | | Radiation therapy |
| b. | | Chemotherapy |
| c. | | Hormone therapy |
| d. | | All of the above |
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| 12. | Which treatment kills cancer cells or stops them from growing? |
| a. | | Radiation therapy |
| b. | | Chemotherapy |
| c. | | Hormone therapy |
| d. | | All of the above |
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