what are the breast cancer risk factors?
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These are DEFINITE risks:
Getting older
Having had breast cancer before
Having a significant family history of breast cancer
Carrying a breast cancer gene
Starting periods early or having menopause late
Having no children or having them late in life
A history of benign breast disease
Having dense breast tissue
Hormone replacement therapy
Your alcohol intake
Your weight
Being tall
Breast cell changes called LCIS
Being exposed to large amounts of radiation
Past treatment for Hodgkin's lymphoma as a child or young woman
Unfortunately you can't do anything about most of these, apart from be aware of them. But you can make sure you take advantage of all the health care offered to you, by going for your screening tests.
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You can check these sites, they provide very useful information:
www.breastcancer.org
www.cancer.org
www.cancer.gov
They helped me a lot trying to understand about breast cancer when my mom was diagnosed with it.
I can write a lot about this topc. Let just give you a link that will give you breast cancer risk factors and thir percentages.
http://ads2ip.com/doc/causes-of-breast-cancer
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