You are the clinic nurse caring for a patient whose grandmother, mother, and sister all had breast cancer
She has requested a screening test to determine her risk of developing breast cancer, and it has come back positive. The patient asks you what she can do to help prevent breast cancer from occurring. What would be your best response?
A) "Research has shown that eating a healthy diet can reduce your chance of breast cancer."
B) "Research has shown that taking tamoxifen can reduce your chance of breast cancer."
C) "Research has shown that exercising at least 30 minutes every day can reduce your chance of breast cancer."
D) "Research has shown that reducing your intake of red meat can reduce your chance of breast cancer."
Ans: B
Feedback: Large-scale breast cancer prevention studies supported by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) indicated that chemoprevention with the medication tamoxifen can reduce the incidence of breast cancer by 50% in women at high risk for breast cancer. Options A, C, and D are good answers, but they are not the best answer.
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Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).