Breast Cancer Risk Factors

Ionizing Radiation

Ionizing radiation is an established risk factor for breast cancer. Minimizing radiation dose to breast tissue is critically important, particularly...

Alcohol

Alcohol consumption increases a woman’s risk for breast cancer. By limiting how much you drink, you can reduce your risk....

Chemicals in Consumer Products

Everyday consumer products like beauty products, cleaning products, and food packaging can contain harmful chemicals linked to breast cancer. Read...

Diet and Nutrition

The more we limit eating processed meat, and foods that are high in saturated fat, salt, and sugar, we can...

Breastfeeding

Breastfeeding protects mothers against all types of breast cancer because it causes protective physiological changes in the breast. The longer...

Air Pollution: A Place-Based Exposure

Air pollution is a complex mix of toxicants that can vary in composition and have a wide range of harmful...

Race, Power, and Inequities

Breast cancer incidence is not distributed equally among different ethnic or racial communities or groups, due to a number of...

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