NEXT Chapter 5. Today in the United States, about one of every eight women will get breast cancer at some time in her life.
Many women ask if there is a way to reduce the risk of getting breast cancer.
This question is important to those women who have never had any personal experience with breast cancer. It is also important to those women who have a special concern because they have a relative with breast cancer. To answer this question, we have to review the major risk factors for breast cancer. Eating an average American diet and living an American life style. Having relatives with breast cancer.