Research has found a group of risk factors, or circumstances that make a person more likely to develop the tumor.
* Age: Risk increases with age. Most breast cancers occur over 50 years, at 60 the risk is higher and it is very rare below 35 years, although it is possible.
* Gender: women are more likely to develop breast cancer. Men can also suffer, but the probability is one in every hundred women.
* Family history: the chances are increased if a sister, mother or daughter has suffered from this disease. Furthermore, this risk rises if the family has had cancer has done before menopause, or has affected both breasts.
* Having had another cancer: the risk of breast cancer increases if you have previously suffered another cancer, particularly ovarian or colon cancer, or lobular or ductal carcinoma in situ (two types of malignant tumor that appear in the lobes or the breast ducts or ducts). Another possible risk factor is a benign hyperplasia, a kind of non-malignant tumor, which alters the breast tissue.
* Late menopause (after age 55)
* Not having children, or first childbirth after age 30.
* Environmental factors: it is investigating the possible influence of pesticides, electromagnetic fields or contaminants in food and water.
* Lifestyle: some research has found a possible link between alcohol consumption and breast cancer development.
* Obesity: Despite having no definitive scientific finding, many researchers indicate that a diet low in fat and rich in fruits and vegetables, and practice regular physical exercise may help prevent breast cancer development.
* Stress: An active lifestyle to excessive limits is neither convenient nor beneficial. Leading a stressful life is harmful to health and, consequently, may promote the development of disease
* THS: Some researchers indicate that after 10 years with hormone replacement therapy (HRT) may increase the risk of cancer, while others emphasize that no matter how long it has taken in the past, since the risk of cancer still exists between the hormone therapy, not between those who followed in the past.
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