Ovarian Cancer Awareness Quiz

Answer the questions below to test your knowledge of ovarian cancer.

Gender:  Male    Female

My age range is: 20-30   31-40   41-50  51-60 
older than 60

1. There is a specific diagnostic test to determine whether or not women have ovarian cancer?
     True    False

2. According to the American Cancer Society, what is a woman�s risk of getting ovarian cancer?
     1 in 2    1 in 45  1 in 14  1 in 71

3. If a woman is diagnosed in the earliest stage of ovarian cancer, her projected five-year survival rate is over 90%?
     True   False

4. Women who have had breast cancer have a higher risk of ovarian cancer.  True    False

5. The American Cancer Society estimates that there will be approximately how many new cases of ovarian cancer diagnosed in the year 2010? 
     11,040   32,350    21,880    15,280

6. Ovarian cancer ranks as the [x] cause of cancer-related death in women.
     3rd    5th    8th    10th

7. Half of all cases of ovarian cancer are found in women over the age of 63.
     True    False

8. The following may help reduce a woman�s risk of ovarian cancer.
     Taking birth control pills
     Having a hysterectomy
     Having one or more children and breast feeding for a
     year or longer
     All of the above

9. There are four stages of ovarian cancer.
     True    False

10. If there is a family history of reproductive cancers (testicular, breast, uterine, etc.) a woman is at a higher risk for ovarian cancer.
     True    False