Risk Factors
If I follow a healthy lifestyle, can I still get breast cancer?
Unfortunately, there are some risk factors that you can’t control such as:
- You have dense breasts
- You have a family history of breast cancer - only five to 10 per cent of women who develop breast cancer have a genetic risk
- You are post-menopausal
- You started your period before age 12
- You started menopause after age 55
- You never had a baby or had your first baby after age 30
- You have never breast-fed