+- USMLE Forum - Largest USMLE Community (https://www.usmleforum.com)
+-- Forum: USMLE Forum (https://www.usmleforum.com/forumdisplay.php?fid=1)
+--- Forum: Step 1 (https://www.usmleforum.com/forumdisplay.php?fid=2)
+--- Thread: BRS question 11 - alina972 (/showthread.php?tid=823718)
BRS question 11 - alina972 - ArchivalUser - 03-16-2016
A 27-year-old woman requests a mammogram because both her mother and sister died of metastatic breast cancer before 40 years of age. Which of the following would add to this patient's risk factors for breast cancer?
(A) Multiparity
(B) High-fiber diet
© Oral contraceptive use
(D) BRCA-1 mutation
(EI Bilateral fibroadenomas
0 - ArchivalUser - 03-16-2016
DDD
0 - ArchivalUser - 03-16-2016
The case here already implied that she probably has BRCA-1 mutation (mother and sister died of metastatic disease, probably from breast cancer).
Now, C - oral contraceptive would add to the risk of developing breast cancer. C is correct.