… factors increasing the risk of breast cancer occurrence, in 75-80% of women no risk factor is
… in individuals as a criterion, all the risk factors initiating the process can be divided into two …

… of breast cancer, while biological … risk factors and preventative methods on breast cancer
over the past years. These findings represent a small step in the long fight against breast cancer…

… cancer risk factors explaining only a small proportion of cases. Risk factors that modulate the
development of breast cancer dis… , exogenous hormones, lifestyle risk factors (alcohol, diet, …

… of the recognition of individual variation in breast-cancer risk is the use of age to … risk factor
for breast cancer). Recent developments in the ability to predict and alter breast-cancer risk …

… risk. Although, most of the environmental factors discussed in this review have not been
convincingly found to influence breast cancer risk… have a cumulative effect on breast cancer risk. …

… with breast cancer risk, we designed a panel consisting of 34 known or suspected breast
cancer … women with breast cancer and more than 53,000 controls participating in studies of the …

… associated with increased risk for breast cancer in postmenopausal … risk for breast cancer.
We review recent data on oestrogens and breast cancer risk, consider oestrogen-related risk …

… had over a three-fold increased risk of breast cancer. The reason for the differing … breast
cancer was seen in a study conducted in Brazil, 17 while a two-fold higher risk of breast cancer …

… carrying a mutation in a high-risk gene such as BRCA1 or BRCA2? What are … risks of
developing breast cancer with or without such a mutation? These risks taken together with the risks …

… To assess the suspected impact of the recent rise in screening on lifetime breast cancer
risk, we recalculated these estimates on the basis of lower breast cancer rates that would have …