Who is more prone to breast cancer? Must know about these risk factors!

Mutations, which are alterations in the genes that control cell development, are what lead to cancer. The alterations allow the cells to grow and divide erratically. To identify who is more prone to breast cancer we need to know about the risk factors. A risk factor is the condition that increases a person's likelihood of developing cancer.

While many risk factors have an impact on how cancer progresses, the majority do not actually cause cancer. Cancer can occur in some persons who have multiple risk factors but not in others who have no known risk factors. Knowing your risk factors and addressing them with your doctor may help you make more informed decisions about your lifestyle and medical treatment. The majority of malignant tumours are sporadic, implying they arise from a person's DNA being damaged by chance after birth. 

Some risk factors that makes a person prone to breast cancer and those you cannot control are:

• Your genetic makeup
• Breast cancer in your family history (if any)
• Ageing
• Race and ethnicity
• Having certain benign breast conditions like fibrosis, adenosis
• Exposure of radiation to chest

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Although there are simple lifestyle changes you must do for a healthy body. Avoid things like:

• Consuming alcohol
• Being fat or overweight
• Smoking
• Birth control
• Not involving your body into any type of physical activity
• Menopausal hormone therapy
• Breast implants

Even if certain listed things are necessary, make sure you do them under the guidance of a doctor. Also being physically inactive with bad eating habits and being obese after menopause is related to an increased risk of breast cancer. And eating certain fats is undoubtedly associated with an increased risk of developing heart disease.

The most effective method to reduce your risk of breast cancer is to concentrate your preventive efforts on those risk factors like doing breast cancer screening and self breast examinations, while also taking proactive measures to monitor the risk factors you can't alter. Chance factors are traits and circumstances that raise your risk of contracting a disease. Some breast cancer risk factors, such as having a family history of the condition, being a woman, and becoming older, are unavoidable. However, you may alter certain other risk factors to lessen your chance of getting breast cancer.