Women and Breast Cancer
There are numerous risk factors1 for breast cancer:
- Age—women over 50 years
- Gender
- Reproductive history, such as menstruation before 12 years, first pregnancy after 30 years, never having given birth, or menopause before 50 years
- Family history
- Gene mutations, such as BRCA1 and BRCA2
- Alcohol consumption
- Obesity
- Insufficient exercise
- Race/ethnicity—Caucasian persons are more at risk
- Hormone replacement
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1Breast Cancer Screening (PDQ®) [Internet]. National Cancer Institute at the National Institutes of Health. [cited 2013 Mar 29] Available from: http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/screening/breast/Patient/page2