Risk of breast cancer increases with early menarche and late menopause and during the menstrual life, it increases at its highest rate with increasing age.
After the menopause, risk of breast cancer increases with body weight at a rate of about 80% for each 10 kg increase in weight.
Estrogen containing medications increases the risk of breast cancer. But, the effect of pill on life time risk of breast cancer is small.
Breast cancer risk is increased by about 68% in women who drink alcohol at harmful levels i.e. more than four standard drinks a day.
Risk may be increased by high energy intake in childhood and reduced by high intake of fruits and vegetables at any age.
Risk of breast cancer is increased two to three folds in women who have one or more first degree relative with breast cancer.
If breast cancer was never there in your family, you will not get it.
This is purely a fable, because about 80% of women having breast cancer have no known family history of the disease.
Only the mother’s family history can elevate the risk.
The breast cancer family history is your mother’s or your father’s, will influence the risk equally.
Using antiperspirants causes breast cancer.
There is no such evidence.
Eating high amounts of fatty foods causes breast cancer
A clear connection between breast cancer and eating high amount of fatty food is not yet demonstrated in any study
A breast cancer diagnosis means death signal.
Most of the women diagnosed with breast cancer, have no signs of metastasis.
Even women with metastatic cancer can live long.
Lot of new and advanced treatments are becoming available now a days.
