A woman who was diagnosed with breast cancer at age 48 asks the nurse when her teenage daughters should begin mammography. What is your best advice?
A) Age 28 years
B) Age 35years
C) Age 38 years
D) Age 40 years
Ans: C
Feedback: A general guideline is to begin screening ten years earlier than the age at which the youngest family member developed breast cancer but not before 25 years of age. In families with a history of breast cancer, a downward shift in age of diagnosis of about 10 years is seen. Since their mother developed breast cancer at age 48, her daughters should begin mammography at age 38.
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