What are risk factors for breast cancer?

Breasts.: 1 in 8 women in the US will develop breast cancer in their lifetime. This is a disease that spares no one. Certainly, people with a strong family history or high estrogen levels (early puberty, late menopause, etc.) may have an increased risk, but this is overemphasized. Bottom line: we have a simple, inexpensive test that can find breast ca early that remains underutilized. Mammograms save lives.

Many: Brca gene mutation, family history, esp. A first-degree relative (mother, father or sister), early age at first period, late menopause, no children or children after age 30, obesity, high-fat diet. However it is very important to realize that there is no guaranteed method of prevention, and 75% of newly diagnosed breast cancer patients have no family history of breast cancer - everyone is at risk.

Several: Family history, obesity, increased alcohol intake, sedentary lifestyle, taking unopposed estrogen, .