“In a small number of women with a particularly strong family history, the risk of breast cancer may be caused by a mutation in a high risk gene such as BRCA1/BRCA2 or one of 10 other moderate risk genes, all of which we can now routinely test for,” says Barr.
“Prevent Breast Cancer was one of the first research groups to find that weight loss can reduce the risk of breast cancer.
The study in Nature Medicine found that one in 20 women worldwide will be diagnosed with breast cancer in their lifetime, and, by 2050, there will be 3.2 million new breast cancer cases.
“People who eat high levels of red meat and processed meat have an increased risk of breast cancer, as well as other cancer types,” says Stordal.
For example, if a women has a risk of lesion or atypical cells in the breast we often recommend yearly mammography for five years, and/or if a women has a known high risk genetic mutation (e.g.
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