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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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• Smoking During Breast Cancer Radiation Therapy Increases Risk of Lung Cancer

  Published on January 22, 2008 at 12:00 am

  • Tags: External, Standard (most typical), After surgery, Smoking, and Breast

  A new study shows that women who smoked and got radiation therapy to treat breast cancer had a much higher risk of lung cancer later on compared to women who got radiation and didn't smoke.

• Smokers Don’t Seem to Have More Aggressive Breast Cancers

  Published on October 30, 2007 at 12:00 am

  • Tags: Smoking

  Smoking is not specifically linked to a higher risk of advanced breast cancer, but it still causes 87% of lung cancer deaths in the United States.

• Cigarette Smoking at Young Age Ups Risk

  Published on July 16, 2007 at 12:00 am

  • Tags: Smoking

  Researchers have found that smoking early in life raises the risk of breast cancer.