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It sometimes seems as if the popular press reports the discovery of a new factor associated with an increased risk of breast cancer development on a weekly basis. Although the scientific basis for many of these is weak, some risk factors are well established and have been shown repeatedly to be important in many epidemiologic studies. These are the items numbered one through five in Table 1. Unfortunately, these are factors over which most women have little control. Although there is considerable circumstantial evidence that environmental factors and, to a lesser extent, the use of exogenous hormones may be associated with increased risk, it has been more difficult to establish a tight link between these factors (which are under a patient's control) and breast cancer development. ## Age as a Risk Factor Women in their 20s and 30s do have breast cancer, and the tragedy of these cases remains fresh in the memories of their physicians and close relatives. However, breast cancer is relatively uncommon before menopause. Most age-incidence curves show a small plateau in the incidence curve at approximately age 50 years when many women are undergoing the menopause, and then there is a ste

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Author

I. Craig Henderson

Publisher

John Wiley and Sons; Wiley (John Wiley & Sons); John Wiley & Sons Inc.; Wiley (ISSN 0008-543X)

Published

1993

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)