Your chance of developing breast cancer depends on age, ethnic group, menstual history, and family history of breast cancer.
A major risk factor is having a sister or mother with breast cancer.
A woman who carries a breast cancer gene (can be identified by a blood test) has a high risk of developing the disease, this increases as she ages.
Breast cancer in a male relative makes it more likely that the family does carry a genetic defect.
Having had breast cancer in one breast increases the risks of cancer developing in the other breast.
Women who have been exposed to high levels of estrogen over a lifetime seem to have a marked increase in breast cancer rates.
Women who have babies before age 30 have a lower chance of getting breast cancer than women who have their babies after 30.
There is some evidence that exposure to enviromental toxins may increase the risk of breast cancer.
Evidence suggests that heavy consumption of alcohol over the years increases the risk of dying from breast cancer.
What Is Breast Cancer
Stages Of Breast Cancer
What Are The Symptoms
How Is The Condition Evaluated
How Breast Cancer Is Treated
Who Is Likely To Develop Breast Cancer
Breast Biopsy
Benign Breast Lumps
Glossary Of Cancer Related Terms
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