Risk Factors & Prevention | Breast Cancer Society

Reducing Your Risk

The healthier you keep your body, the stronger your immune system and other vital functions will be in a fight against breast cancer.

All women have some risk of developing breast cancer.

Doctors and research scientists have pinpointed several ways you can greatly reduce your risk of developing breast cancer.

Through painstaking research over the past several decades, scientists and doctors have learned a lot about breast cancer.

Breast cancer is the second most pervasive form of cancer in women around the world.

At a biological level, breast cancer is caused by changes in DNA.

Breast cancer is the second most common form of cancer in the world.

Gathering information on breast cancer prevention is essential in order to reduce your risks for the disease.