● Lifestyle-related Breast Cancer Risk Factors ● Breast Cancer Risk Factors You Cannot Change ● Factors with Unclear Effects on Breast Cancer Risk ● Disproven or Controversial Breast Cancer Risk Factors Can Breast Cancer Be Prevented? There is no sure way to prevent breast cancer. [...] ● Can I Lower My Risk of Breast Cancer? ● Genetic Counseling and Testing for Breast Cancer Risk ● Deciding Whether to Use Medicine to Reduce Breast Cancer Risk ● Tamoxifen and Raloxifene for Lowering Breast Cancer Risk ● Aromatase Inhibitors for Lowering Breast Cancer Risk ● Preventive Surgery to Reduce Breast Cancer Risk 1 _A_m__e_ri_ca_n_ _C_a_n_c_e_r_ S_o_c_i_e_ty_______________________________. [...] For information on other known and possible breast cancer risk factors, see: ● Lifestyle-related Breast Cancer Risk Factors ● Factors with Unclear Effects on Breast Cancer Risk ● Disproven or Controversial Breast Cancer Risk Factors Being born female This is the main risk factor for breast cancer. [...] Having a personal history of breast cancer A woman with cancer in one breast has a higher risk of developing a new cancer in the other breast or in another part of the same breast. [...] For information on other known and possible breast cancer risk factors, see: ● Breast Cancer Risk Factors You Cannot Change ● Factors with Unclear Effects on Breast Cancer Risk ● Disproven or Controversial Breast Cancer Risk Factors Drinking alcohol Drinking alcohol1 is clearly linked to an increased risk of breast cancer.
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