I don't have to worry about getting breast cancer. I don't have any of the risk factors. Just being a woman and getting older are the greatest risk factors for breast cancer.
Breast cancer is one of the most common cancers in women.
Women don't outgrow the risk of breast cancer. As women get older, their risk of getting breast cancer actually increases. No one in my family has been diagnosed with breast cancer, so I won't get it either. Having one first-degree relative with breast cancer approximately doubles a woman's risk. If I get breast cancer, I'll die from it.