From ages 50 to 60, there is a 1 in 30 chance of developing breast cancer. From ages 60 to 70, there is a 1 in 29 chance of developing breast cancer. Blood relatives can be from either the mother's or father's side of the family. Although the exact risk is not known, women with a family history of breast cancer in male family members also have an increased risk of breast cancer. Mammograms are unsafe and painful.
Mammograms give only minimal exposure to radiation, so they are safe.
Having fibrocystic breast disease increases your risk of cancer. This belief was thought to have some credibility in the past. However, it has recently been dispelled. Having a biopsy diagnosed as fibrocystic changes without proliferative breast disease does not affect breast cancer risk. Fibrocystic changes are not cancerous.