How can you reduce breast cancer risk?

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.

Mammograms: Screening mammograms & self exams help reduce risk.

Thus: To reduce risk of getting cancer: lifestyle choices like eating well, avoiding obesity, exercising, and limiting alcohol intake may help. Preventative tamoxifen or Evista (raloxifene) are used in a select group of high risk patients and in very high risk patients (like brca carriers) there is the option of preventative mastectomies. To reduce risk of dying of cancer: screening mammos, self exams and md exams.