During a Community Information Session About Breast Cancer a Participant

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Multiple Choice

During a community information session about breast cancer a participant says, "You hear about so many women with breast cancer now. Why is it so much more common?" Which nursing statement is indicated?

• A) "We believe that the hormone additives in milk and meat have made breast cancer more common."
• B) "Since we revised the recommendations for the use of hormones during menopause, the rates of breast cancer have actually decreased."
• C) "Our surveillance, detection, and treatment options are better now, so deaths due to breast cancer are fewer."
• D) "So many more women smoke cigarettes now that breast cancer rates are going up."
• E) "In the United States we have a higher percentage of Hispanic women, who are at highest risk of developing breast cancer."

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