Which of the Following Is True About Breast Cancer

question 25

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is true about breast cancer?

• A) About 12% of women in the United States will get breast cancer.
• B) Breast cancer is always the result of an inherited mutation.
• C) If you have the BRCA-1 or BRCA-2 mutation, there is a 100% chance you will get breast cancer by the time you are 70.
• D) Breast cancer is always deadly.
• E) Younger women are at higher risk of breast cancer.

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Cyclical Movement

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Random Variation

The unpredictable changes in data that do not follow a recognizable pattern, often due to random effects or causes.

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Exponential Smoothing

A method used in time series forecasting that applies decreasing weights to past observations.