Breast Cancer Risk

Why must women need to know the breast cancer risk ?

2003, the National Breast Cancer Center * conducted a survey, 3,000 women, aged between 30 to 69 years old. Investigation of women's knowledge, attitudes and behaviour of breast cancer.

The survey found that there are many things the confusion may increase women's access to breast cancer, known as risk factors.

The investigation showed that many females did not know you the woman contracts breast cancer's danger to increase, because you age. It also disclosed that many women did not know drinks wine to be possible to increase your risk with the overload.

On the other hand, many women mistakenly believe a bump or knock to the breast increases your risk of breast cancer, when the research does not support this claim.

It is important to separate the fact from the fiction about risk factors for breast cancer. With an understanding of the things that may increase your chance of developing breast cancer, you can take positive steps to reduce your risk.

Am I at increased risk of breast cancer? As a result of these survey findings, the National Breast Cancer Centre* thoroughly examined the research on risk factors for breast cancer.

From this information we developed Your risk and breast cancer, an online information resource and calculator. With these resources we aim to inform women and help individuals to understand their level of risk for breast cancer.

By answering the questions in the calculator, you will be able to calculate your current risk.

Please note, the risk calculator is the human who uses for the woman does not have breast cancer or the ovarian cancer specially. National breast cancer and ovarian cancer's center has a website specially to breast cancer in the male, has listed the risk factor is the male in detail.