Don’t drink. Lose weight. Don’t fight those hot flashes with hormone replacement therapy. Yadda yadda yadda… You’ve heard it all before, right? Considering the amount of breast cancer prevention information with which we’re constantly assailed, it’s easy to become confused. With a nod to the American Cancer Society’s recently published “Breast Cancer Facts & Figures 2007-2008,” following are the current top-10 risk factors for breast cancer.
Highest risk factors:
1. Being...
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Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
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