What Causes Breast Cancer?
The cause of breast cancer is unknown, but studies show that certain
risk factors increase the chance that breast cancer might occur.
These are some of the factors that increase the likelihood of breast cancer:
 Gender: 99% of all
breast cancer is found in women.
Age: Risk of
breast cancer increases with age.
Breast cancer is uncommon in women <35 years of age; the greatest
risk is for women aged 50-60.
Race: Breast
Cancer occurs more often in White women than in Black, Hispanic, or Asian
women.
Family
History: If your mother, sister, or other close,
female relative has suffered from breast cancer, this increases your risk
factors for developing breast cancer.
Radiation: Women who
have had significant exposure to radiation at a young age.
Late
Childbearing: Women who had their first child after the
age of 30.
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