| The risk of breast cancer rises as women get older. | | | | this occurs is not completely understood. |
| Over the years, examiners have recognized particular | | | | Recently published research demonstrates that a |
| characteristics, typically called risk factors, which | | | | woman's risk of developing breast cancer is affected |
| affect a woman's possibility of getting the disease. | | | | by breast density and whether she has utilized |
| Even now, a lot of women who grow the disease | | | | hormone therapy as well; including these additional |
| have no known threat factors other than growing | | | | risk factors in a breast cancer risk assessment tool |
| older, and a lot of women with known risk factors | | | | may raise its correctness, but examiners still require |
| do not grow breast cancer. | | | | authenticating these additional factors with data from |
| There are various types of risk factors. A number of | | | | independent studies. |
| factors, such as a person's age or race, couldn't be | | | | We know that a woman who has suffered the |
| altered. Others are connected to cancer-causing | | | | disease has an increased risk of getting it in the other |
| factors in the environment. At rest others are linked | | | | breast. Your specialist understands that too and will |
| individual behaviors, like smoking, drinking, and diet. A | | | | keep a close eye on you. If you do get the disease |
| number of factors affect danger more than others, | | | | in the other breast it ought to be picked up promptly. |
| and your risk for breast cancer could alter over time, | | | | You will have a number of protections against getting |
| because of factors like aging or lifestyle. | | | | another breast cancer if you are taking hormone |
| Even though a lot of risk factors might add to your | | | | therapy to lower the risk of your disease coming |
| possibility of developing the disease it is not yet | | | | back. The hormone treatment tamoxifen lowers the |
| known precisely how some of these factors lead to | | | | danger of getting another breast cancer by 40% as |
| cells to become cancerous. Hormones look to play a | | | | well. |
| part in a lot of cases of breast cancer but just how | | | | |