A nurse who is teaching a group of women about breast cancer would tell the women that:
1. risk factors identify more than 50% of women who will develop breast cancer.
2. nearly 90% of lumps found by women are malignant.
3. 1 in 10 women in the United States will develop breast cancer in her lifetime.
4. the exact cause of breast cancer is unknown.
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1. Incorrect. Risk factors help to identify less than 30% of women in whom breast cancer will eventually develop.
2. Incorrect. It is estimated that the woman detects 90% of all breast lumps. Of this 90%, only 20% to 25% are malignant.
3. Incorrect. One in eight women in the United States will develop breast cancer in her life-time.
4. Correct. The exact cause of breast cancer in unknown.
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