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Topic: Risk Factors (view all topics)

Tags for topic Risk Factors:

• Age
• Alcohol
• Aspirin/NSAIDs
• Breastfeeding
• Dense Breasts
• Diet
• Environmental Factors
• Exercise
• Family History
• Genetics (including BRCA)
• Hormone Replacement Therapy
• Medical History
• Obesity
• Personal History of Breast Cancer
• Prescription Medications
• Smoking
• Vitamin D

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• If Breast Cancer Develops, Breastfeeding Longer Seems Linked to More Aggressive Forms

  Published on March 28, 2010 at 12:00 am

  • Tags: Breastfeeding

  A study suggests an association between breastfeeding for more than 6 months and the likelihood of more aggressive breast cancer, if breast cancer is diagnosed.

• Breastfeeding May Reduce Risk for Women at High Risk

  Published on August 10, 2009 at 12:00 am

  • Tags: Family History and Breastfeeding

  Breastfeeding one baby -- even for as little as 3 months -- seems to reduce the risk of breast cancer before menopause in women with higher-than-average risk compared to high-risk women who never breastfed.

• Women Who Were Breast Fed May Have Lower Risk

  Published on May 9, 2008 at 12:00 am

  • Tags: Breastfeeding

  A new study suggests that women who were breast-fed as babies may have a lower risk of breast cancer compared to women who weren't breast fed.

• Breastfeeding Appears to Lower Risk

  Published on April 17, 2007 at 12:00 am

  • Tags: Breastfeeding

  Breastfeeding appears to reduce the risk of both hormone-receptor-positive and hormone-receptor-negative breast cancers.