| Breast cancer is unfortunately something that | | | | habits, drinking habits and anything similar to that. |
| every person wants to be familiar with and aware | | | | Then there are the uncontrollable factors such as |
| of just in case it happens to you. There are a | | | | age, race and family history. Regardless, risk |
| number of different breast cancer causes, which | | | | factors are not a sole determinant. |
| can help you work toward preventing them at all | | | | What these risk factors can do is give you |
| cost. However, some things simply are not | | | | guidance for how to prevent this type of cancer |
| preventable. | | | | and what to look for. If your family has a history |
| Certain changes in DNA can cause normal breast | | | | of breast cancer, obviously you are going to want |
| cells to become cancerous. Some inherited DNA | | | | to pay closer attention than most people. The |
| changes can increase the risk for developing | | | | second you find a lump or experience a different |
| cancer as well as being responsible for cancers | | | | symptom, you want to get checked. |
| that run in families. However, most breast cancer | | | | Any risk factors that you have no control over |
| DNA changes happen in single breast cells during a | | | | should put you on alert a little more. Some other |
| woman's life. | | | | risk factors include gender as women are 100 |
| Typically, these acquired changes will happen over | | | | times more likely to get breast cancer, age as |
| the course of a woman's life. Most breast cancers | | | | women are far more likely to get it over the age |
| have several of these acquired gene mutations. | | | | of 55, and if you have dense breast tissue. |
| Unfortunately, the breast cancer causes of man | | | | These are all risk factors you want to pay |
| of these mutations that can lead to this type of | | | | attention to closely as you have no control over |
| cancer are unknown. | | | | them. As for the risk factors you do have control |
| Although it is not exactly known for what causes | | | | over, work hard at living a healthy and clean |
| it, there are certain causal factors that can be | | | | lifestyle. This means having less than one drink |
| linked to this disease. There are some factors | | | | per day, exercising for 30 minutes three times a |
| that you can control such as your diet, eating | | | | week, and not having children until later in life. |