Question 1

how can i reduce my risk for breast cancer?

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Healthy Lifestyle: The best things you can do include avoiding estrogen-progesterone pills, smoking, and radiation exposure.  Exercise, a healthy diet, and avoidance of alcohol will further reduce the risk.  A summary of a recent epidemiological study can be found below:
http://www.Medpagetoday.Com/meetingcoverage/sabcs/30072.

Question 2

how can one reduce the chance of getting breast cancer?

Accepted Answer

Healthy Lifestyle: The best things you can do include avoiding estrogen-progesterone pills, smoking, and radiation exposure.  Exercise, a healthy low-fat diet, and avoidance of alcohol will further reduce the risk.  A summary of a recent epidemiological study can be found below:
http://www.Medpagetoday.Com/meetingcoverage/sabcs/30072.

Question 3

can physical activity reduce the risk of breast cancer?

Accepted Answer

Yes.: Studies have shown that people who exercise daily may have a lower risk for breast cancer;  this is particularly true for those that exercise prior to menopause.

Question 4

which things cause breast cancer and how can i reduce my chance of getting it?

Accepted Answer

Unknown: There are some increased breast cancer risks associated with obesity, hormone medication use, early age at first menstruation, late age at first childbirth, etc. Only about 15% of breast cancers occur because of genetic inheritance. See this site with more information:  http://media.Komen.Org/breastcancer101tool/english/video-player.Html#kbc_01_01.

Question 5

how can you reduce breast cancer risk?

Accepted Answer

Healthy Lifestyle: The best things you can do include avoiding estrogen-progesterone pills, smoking, and radiation exposure.  Exercise, a healthy diet, and avoidance of alcohol will further reduce the risk.  A summary of a recent epidemiological study can be found below:
http://www.Medpagetoday.Com/meetingcoverage/sabcs/30072.

Question 6

if my breast cancer feed off estrogen bein a female how can i reduce it in my body?

Accepted Answer

"anti-estrogens": Great question.  Breast cancer is associated with prolonged high estrogen levels (early menarche, late menopause, children later in life, estrogen replacement rx), not caused, meaning it's not a simple relationship.  If you are trying to prevent breast cancer, a low-fat diet is advisable, which may keep estrogen levels down.  For ca rx, anti-estrogens such as tamoxifen may counteract the estrogen.

Question 7

how can i reduce the risks of getting breast cancer when i have a family history of it?

Accepted Answer

Weight and smoking: There are many known and unknown factors for the risk of breast cancer - these include genetic factors, gender, age, age when menstrual cycles started, history of radiation exposure to the chest area.  These factors cannot be modified.  So the risk factors that you can modify are: being overweight, excessive use of alcohol, and smoking.  Most importantly, do breast exams and get your mammogram.

Question 8

does drinking organic milk reduce my risk of breast cancer?

Accepted Answer

Jury out: Hormones given to women have not been proven to increase risk of breast cancer, but most practioners who know about those issues try to stay away from rx if possible. Milk not produced organically has hormones so you do the math. My family drinks organic.

Question 9

does removing my ovaries reduce my chance of developing breast cancer?

Accepted Answer

Ovaries/breast ca: Maybe, this is very controversial.  In premenopausal wo=men with breast cancer, some med oncs will suppress the ovaries with monthly shots and prescribe antiestrogen pills.  Some of these women choose to have the ovaries removed but there is not much data for it.  If y carry the breast cancer gene, removing the ovaries reduces ovarian cancer risk mostly rather than breast cancer risk.

Question 10

can an oopherectomy reduce breast cancer recurrence in premenopausal women?

Accepted Answer

Quite possibly: Removing the ovaries dramatically decreases your estrogen production. Any estrogen responsive or estrogen receptor positive cancers will lose that stimulation, and decrease the chance of developing that type of cancer. Recurrence risk of estrogen receptor positive cancers will decline.

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