| t women need to know the breast cancer risk ? | | | | chance of developing breast cancer, you can take |
| 2003, the National Breast Cancer Center * conducted | | | | positive steps to reduce your risk. |
| a survey, 3,000 women, aged between 30 to 69 | | | | Am I at increased risk of breast cancer? As a result |
| years old. Investigation of women's knowledge, | | | | of these survey findings, the National Breast Cancer |
| attitudes and behaviour of breast cancer. | | | | Centre* thoroughly examined the research on risk |
| The survey found that there are many things the | | | | factors for breast cancer. |
| confusion may increase women's access to breast | | | | From this information we developed Your risk and |
| cancer, known as risk factors. | | | | breast cancer, an online information resource and |
| The investigation showed that many females did not | | | | calculator. With these resources we aim to inform |
| know you the woman contracts breast cancer's | | | | women and help individuals to understand their level |
| danger to increase, because you age. It also disclosed | | | | of risk for breast cancer. |
| that many women did not know drinks wine to be | | | | By answering the questions in the calculator, you will |
| possible to increase your risk with the overload. | | | | be able to calculate your current risk. |
| On the other hand, many women mistakenly believe | | | | Please note, the risk calculator is the human who |
| a bump or knock to the breast increases your risk of | | | | uses for the woman does not have breast cancer or |
| breast cancer, when the research does not support | | | | the ovarian cancer specially. National breast cancer |
| this claim. | | | | and ovarian cancer's center has a website specially to |
| It is important to separate the fact from the fiction | | | | breast cancer in the male, has listed the risk factor is |
| about risk factors for breast cancer. With an | | | | the male in detail. |
| understanding of the things that may increase your | | | | |