Other Topics Related to Breast Cancer Risk

You can find information on these topics related to breast cancer risk in this section.

• Understanding breast cancer prevention
• Healthy behaviors
• Race and ethnicity
• Gene mutations and genetic testing
• Options for women at higher risk (tamoxifen and other choices)
• Emerging areas in estimating risk
• Factors under study
• Factors that do not increase risk

Two tables in this section summarize the scientific evidence for many breast cancer risk factors. The Breast Cancer Risk Factors Table lists factors by how sure we are that each is linked (or not linked) to breast cancer risk. The Risk Factors Summary Table of Relative Risks compares the relative risks  for the most common risk factors. You can also learn about relative risks here.