• Breakthrough's Breast Health Promotion Work
• NHS screening programme
• Reducing your risk
• Body Talk
• Breast awareness
• Risk factors
• • Established risk factors
  • Possible risk factors
  • • Diet
    • In vitro fertilisation (IVF) treatment
    • Stress
    • Exposure to light at night
    • Childhood risk factors
    • Ethnicity
  • Doubtful risk factors

Possible risk factors are factors where there is some scientific evidence that suggests they may alter the chances of developing breast cancer. More research is needed before we can be sure that they are definitely linked to the disease.

They include:

• Diet


• In vitro fertilisation (IVF) treatment


• Stress


• Exposure to light at night


• Childhood risk factors


• Ethnicity

           

See also:

About breast cancer
Risk factors
Age
Gender

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