This article is part ofBreast Cancer and Black Women, a destination in our Health Divide series.
And the younger they start, the better.
Verywell Health: What can people do to reduce their risk of getting breast cancer?
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By focusing on these things, youre preventing not only breast cancer but other types of cancer.
Verywell Health: How early in life should someone implement these steps to reduce breast cancer risk?
Risk reduction should start early in life.
About 90% of breast cancers develop in people above age 45.The majority are in postmenopausal women.
But prevention should not start at age 50; prevention should start well before that.
Verywell Health: Do these tips work better for some people than others?
Dr. Paul: Definitely.
Dr. Paul: Yes, 100%.
It may matter for them even more.
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American Cancer Society.Diet and physical activity: whats the cancer connection?
Johns Hopkins Medicine.Lack of sleep and cancer: is there a connection?
National Cancer Institute at the National Institutes of Health.Study adds to debate about mammography in older women.
U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.Breast cancer in young women.
National Cancer Institute at the National Institutes of Health.BRCA gene changes: cancer risk and genetic testing.
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center.Angelina Jolie Pitt reveals she had ovaries removed.
