Breast Cancer Risk Factors

22 Nov, 2021

Dr. Rajesh Bollam

Are you at risk?

A risk factor for breast cancer is anything that increases your chance of getting breast cancer.
Having a risk factor does not mean that you will definitely develop breast cancer.

Risk factors you cannot change

Gender: If you are a woman, you are more likely to develop breast cancer than men. This may be due to more exposure to hormones which promote breast cell growth (such as estrogen and progesterone).

· Age: Your risk of breast cancer increases as you age. A study in North India reported that the average age of the patient at presentation was between 45 and 50 years.

· Family history of cancer: Your risk of breast cancer increases, if your mother, sister or daughter was diagnosed with breast cancer, particularly at a young age. Your risk also increases if your father or brother had breast cancer. However, the majority of people with breast cancer have no family history

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