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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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• Time Between First Period and First Child Linked to Breast Cancer Risk

  Published on February 14, 2008 at 12:00 am

  • Tags: Medical History

  A longer the time between when a woman starts having periods and when her first child is born is associated with a higher risk of breast cancer.

• Breast Cancer Risk Higher in Smokers with Slow-Acting NAT2 Gene

  Published on February 14, 2008 at 12:00 am

  • Tags: Smoking and Genetics (including BRCA)

  Smoking can increase breast cancer risk in women with a slowing-acting form of the gene NAT2, which is fairly common in white and African American women.

• DCIS Recurrence Risk Overestimated by Many Women

  Published on February 12, 2008 at 12:00 am

  • Tags: Ductal Carcinoma In Situ, Non-Metastatic, Early-stage: Stage 0 -- DCIS (Ductal Carcinoma in Situ), and Personal History of Breast Cancer

  Many women overestimate the risk of DCIS coming back.

• Amount of Risk Reduction from Protective Ovary Removal Depends on Type of BRCA Abnormality

  Published on February 12, 2008 at 12:00 am

  • Tags: Genetics (including BRCA) and Prophylactic Ovary Removal

  The amount of breast and ovarian cancer risk reduction offered by prophylactic ovary removal varies depending on the type of breast cancer gene abnormality a woman has.

• Psoriasis Doesn’t Increase Cancer Risk

  Published on February 8, 2008 at 12:00 am

  • Tags: Medical History

  People diagnosed with psoriasis do not have a higher risk of breast and other cancers.

• Digital Mammograms Better Than Film for Younger Women

  Published on January 29, 2008 at 12:00 am

  • Tags: Dense Breasts and Mammography

  Digital mammograms are more accurate in finding breast cancer than film mammograms for women who are younger than 50, have dense breasts, or who still have their periods (or have had a period within the past year).

• Research Finds No Link Between Woman’s Personality and Risk

  Published on January 29, 2008 at 12:00 am

  • Tags: Medical History

  Research confirms that a woman's personality has no effect on breast cancer risk.

• Breast Cancer Risk Not Affected by Statins

  Published on January 24, 2008 at 12:00 am

  • Tags: Medical History and Prescription Medications

  A study found that statins, medicines taken to lower "bad" (LDL) cholesterol, don't affect breast cancer risk. The results agree with other research that looked at how statins affect cancer risk.

• 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.

• African American Women Less Likely to Get BRCA Testing

  Published on January 17, 2008 at 12:00 am

  • Tags: Family History, Genetics (including BRCA), and Genetic Testing

  African American women are less likely than white women to be tested for an abnormal BRCA1 or BRCA2 gene.