Breast cancer risk factors and prevention

Sometimes risk factor is related to the main cause of getting disease but actually risk factor is a chance that due to this you may prone to any disease like cancer. Risks factors vary in their types depending upon the nature of disease. For instance, smoking is considered as the risk factor for developing mouth, penis or lung cancer. But at the same time having any risk factor often associated to any type of cancer does not mean that you will develop that particular cancer in your body. In many cases it happens that some breast cancer fighters have no apparent risk factors but still they are diseased due to cancer development. Many other factors like age or living style are those which are potent to influence the risk factors and similarly, risk factors can be reduced by putting some little efforts. 

Breast cancer risk factors and prevention

Unchangeable risk factors

Some risk factors are those which cannot be changed and keeps you prone to developing cancer but not necessarily. These are;

Aging

It is the strongest risk factor for breast cancer society. It is the natural process and cannot be avoided at any cost.

Family history

If there are many cases of breast cancer in your family history then it is also an unavoidable risk factor because gene expression or heredity is not in your hands.

Personal health history

If a woman has breast cancer in one of her breast then she is at high risk of developing cancer in other breast.

Menstrual history

If a woman had her menses at early age of 12 then she is at high risk as well because she may experience late menopause after age of 55.

Gene mutations

Inherited gene mutations cause 10% of breast cancer across the globe. If your family health history have example of breast cancer due to gene mutations then it is possible that you are carrier of that harmful gene. It is also unavoidable.

Issueless Women

Those women who had never given birth is more at risk than the one having children.

Avoidable risk factors

Other risk factors which can be avoided reduce the chances of cell malignance. They may include;

Smoking and alcoholism

Heavy smoking and alcoholism are also account for developing the breast cancer. If these habits are avoided then chances become less for cancer growth. 

Radiation exposure

You should avoid from radiation therapy or exposure to radiations. These radiations are external source of mutating genes or may become cause of cancer.

Obesity
An overweight woman is at high risk than the woman with normal body mass.

No breast feeding

It is evident that breastfeeding woman has very rare chances of preventing you from having breast cancer.

Lack of breastfeeding is harmful in this regard

Hence unchangeable risk factors keep you at risk of getting breast cancer but at the same time other risk factors related to your habits and life can be reduced and prevention is possible. Reducing alcoholism, smoking, obesity, drug intake and having physical exercise are those risk factors which are in a person’s hands and can be avoided. This avoidance gives 40-50% chances of preventing yourself from breast cancer. You and your health are important for your family and your country because only healthy person can become promising individual and devoted citizen.