Describe at least five risk factors for breast cancer
What will be an ideal response?
(any five of the following):
1. Age
2. A family history of breast cancer
3. Never having children or having your first child after age 30
4. Weight gain after the age of 18
5. Menstrual periods that started early coupled with a late menopause
6. Obesity after menopause
7. Recent use of oral contraceptives or postmenopausal hormone therapy
8. Drinking two or more alcoholic drinks per day
9. Physical inactivity
10. Smoking
11. Dense breasts
12. Type 2 diabetes
13. High bone mineral density
14. Exposure to high-dose radiation
15. The BRCA1 or BRCA2 genetic mutations
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