Can Breast Cancer Be Avoided? Researchers Give Their Input

Ziegler, Jan (1994) Can Breast Cancer Be Avoided? Researchers Give Their Input. Journal of the National Cancer Institute 86(18):1374-1375.

Abstract

Only about 55% of breast cancer cases are explainable by recognized risk
factors other than age, most of which cannot be changed by the time a woman
has her first mammogram. By the age of 50, heredity, in particular, is
immutable, and choosing the age at which to have a first full-term pregnancy
or to have children at all is a decision made years in the past.
Aside from seeking medical intervention through the prophylactic use of
drugs or surgery, both unproven methods, is there anything a woman can do
to reduce her risk of developing a disease that will claim 46,000 lives in
1994?
Maybe Yes