BREAST CANCER- part 1

From the chalkboard lecture:

SWINE FLU UPDATE
1. As of today, how many cases of swine flu have been reported in Mexico? How many deaths?

2. As of today, how many cases of swine flu have been reported in the USA? How many deaths? What is the endemic rate of flu deaths each year in the USA?

BREAST CANCER:

1. What is the difference between sporadic breast cancer and hereditary breast cancer?

2. What is the suspected role of estrogen in breast cancer? Is there a drug, used in the treatment of sporadic breast cancer, that works by inhibiting the activity of estrogen in the breast? What is the name of that drug?

3. What is BRCA1? Why is it important? What happens if a woman inherits a mutated BRCA1 gene? What does that do to her risk of developing breast cancer?

4. Can you list other chronic diseases which affect the public health?

5. About how many women get breast cancer each year in the USA?

6. What two things can a woman do to decrease her risk of getting breast cancer?