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?