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Tumor growth
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Activity: Case StudyCancer
Janet Jacobson is 45 years old and went in for her routine mammogram.
The mammogram showed a questionable area in her breast.
Tumor growth
1. What possibilities could account for this questionable
area?
2. What further tests could be done to determine what this is?
Dedicated breast MRI
Mammogram VS MRI
3. What treatments may be needed if this is indeed cancer?
4. How could a health psychologist help in this
situation?
5. What factors would a health psychologist be interested in
regarding breast cancer in general?
6. What are three of the most reputable medical websites
discussing breast cancer? Why do you feel they are reputable?
7. What are the three most reputable websites discussing the psychological impact of breast cancer? Why do you feel they are reputable?
Use hot links.
8. What three articles in the journal Health Psychology discussing breast cancer do you
feel are the most relevant to the class? Look for articles you feel combine both the
psychological and health issues. Why do you feel these articles are most
appropriate?