Question

A forty-five-year-old woman is a heavy drinker, smoker, and has had many sexual partners. Certain types of the female reproductive cancers run in her family. Based upon her history, which of the following conditions are controllable risk factors for this woman?

Answer 1

Answer: She can control her sexual behavior and smoking because she can stop using cigarettes and have a few or no sexual partners. Although she can't control her age, gender, and heredity, controlling her sexual behavior and smoking habits can reduce her risk of having female reproductive cancers.

Answer 2

Based upon her history, the conditions which are controllable risk factors for this woman are her sexual behavior and her smoking.
She can control these things - she can cut down on cigarettes and have fewer sexual partners. However, she cannot control heredity, or her age - that happens regardless of what she wants.