The nurse is reviewing risk factors for breast cancer. Which of these women have risk factors that place them at a higher risk for breast cancer?

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The woman at highest risk is the 66-year-old woman whose mother had breast cancer. This woman has two risk factors for breast cancer with >4.0 relative risk, which are her age (F1F1F1S1F1F1F1065) and a first-degree relative (her mother) with breast cancer. The 37-year-old woman who is slightly overweight does not have any risk factors for breast cancer. The 42-year-old woman who has had ovarian cancer has one risk factor for breast cancer with a relative risk for 1.1 to 2.0 and that is her personal history of ovarian cancer. The 45-year-old woman who has never been pregnant has one risk factor for breast cancer with a relative risk for 1.1 to 2.0 and that is having no full-term pregnancies.

The Nurse Is Reviewing Risk Factors for Breast Cancer