Delores Garcia is a nurse at a comprehensive women's health clinic. Delores carefully instructs all of her clients on breast self-examination (BSE) and explains to concerned women that the most commonly
cited risk factors for breast cancer are family history of breast cancer, age (older than 50), and:
1. Fibrocystic changes, having babies early (younger than age 18), and history of breast trauma.
2. Fibrocystic changes, having given birth to more than five babies, and exposure to asbestos.
3. History of breast trauma, early menarche, early menopause, and personal history of breast cancer.
4. Late menarche, early menopause, and having babies early (younger than age 18).
5. Personal history of breast cancer, never giving birth, first birth after age 30, and obesity.
ANS: 5
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