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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 May 30.
Published in final edited form as: Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2012 May;133(1):357–366. doi: 10.1007/s10549-012-1960-5
Please answer true or false to the following statements. True False
If a woman is at high risk for getting breast cancer, then her risk of getting breast cancer is greater than having any of the serious side effects of tamoxifen. 1 0
  If a woman is at high risk for getting breast cancer, she might not get breast cancer. □1 □0
  A woman could take tamoxifen and experience serious side effects, even though she does not get breast cancer. 1 0
  A woman could take tamoxifen and the risk of getting uterine cancer is higher than getting a blood clot. 1 0
  Even if a woman takes tamoxifen, she might develop breast cancer anyway. 1 0
  The risk of a woman getting breast cancer is higher than the risk of her getting the flu. 1 □0

 Now between Ms. A and Ms. B, if all else were equal, meaning that these women had the same diet, same lifestyle, same environment, etc., who is at greater risk for getting breast cancer? Ms. A Equal Risk Ms. B

  Ms. A is a 50-year-old woman whose mother and sister have had breast cancer. Ms. B is a 50-year-old woman with a long history of normal mammograms and no breast cancer in her family. □1 □2 □3
  Ms. A is a 50-year-old woman who has had no children. Ms. B is a 50-year-old woman who had her first of four children at age 25. □1 □2 □3
  Ms. A is a 50-year-old woman who is at high risk for getting breast cancer and starts taking tamoxifen. Ms. B is a 50-year-old woman who is at high risk for getting breast cancer and decides not to take tamoxifen. 1 2 3
  Ms. A is a 50-year-old woman who has a long history of normal mammograms. Ms. B is a 50-year-old woman who has had 2 breast biopsies with abnormalities but no cancer. □1 □2 □3