Breast Cancer Risk Test

This condition is increasing your cancer risk.
Lifetime exposure to the female hormone estrogen is linked with a higher risk for breast cancer. Women who have early menstruation produce earlier higher amounts of estrogen, which then interacts earlier with the breast tissue. If you had your first menstruation before age 12, you have a 20 percent higher risk for developing breast cancer compared to those who began their periods after age 14.

This condition is increasing your long-term cancer risk.
The female hormone estrogen is increasing your risk of developing breast cancer. Pregnancy and breastfeeding are lowering your estrogen levels. A woman who never had children will be exposed to higher levels of estrogen over her lifetime, which then can interact longer with your breast tissue.

This condition is increasing your cancer risk.
The older you are when you first give birth, the higher is your risk of breast cancer.
If you give birth for the first time after age 35, you have a 40 percent higher risk of getting breast cancer than women who have their first child before age 20.

Your breast cells multiply rapidly during pregnancy, and any genetic damage in your cells will be quickly replicated. Those damages can lead to breast cancer. With older age, you have a higher chance of having genetic injuries and, thus, a higher risk of developing breast cancer.

This condition is increasing your cancer risk.
If you have a first-degree female relative (mother, sister, or daughter) with breast cancer, you have about twice the risk of developing the same disease. If you have more than one first-degree relative, your risk is even 2-4 times higher.
The risk is higher when your relative's cancer was diagnosed at a young age.
The reasons are negative changes in the genes (DNA), which can be passed from generation to generation.

This condition is increasing your cancer risk.
BRCA1 and BRCA2 are breast cancer genes. A positive test means that you have changes (mutations) in one of the genes and, therefore, a much higher risk of developing breast cancer. Nevertheless, it doesn't mean that you will definitely develop cancer.

This condition is increasing your cancer risk.
You have a 3 to 4 times higher risk of developing a new cancer in the same breast or the other breast, if you have a history of breast cancer.
This risk is different from the risk of recurrence which is the case when the original cancer is coming back.

This condition is increasing your cancer risk.
You have a higher risk of getting breast cancer in life if you were exposed to high-dose radiation to the chest or breasts (like for treatment of Hodgkin’s lymphoma).
The risk is higher is you received radiotherapy before age 30.

This condition is increasing your cancer risk.
Certain cancers, like ovarian cancer and Hodgkin's disease, can increase your risk of developing breast cancer. This is likely due to genetic factors.

This condition is increasing your cancer risk.
Higher lifetime exposure to estrogen is linked with an increased risk of developing breast cancer. During a woman's menstrual cycle, the breasts are more exposed to estrogen. The more menstrual periods a woman has, the longer the expose. If your menopause starts after age 55, your breast cells had a longer lifetime exposure to estrogen than women who had earlier menopause.

This condition is increasing your cancer risk.
Menopause is causing a lot of symptoms. Among the most common are hot flashes and vaginal dryness. To ease the symptoms, your physician may prescribe you post-menopausal hormones, also known as Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT). Estrogen and progesterone are among the most often prescribed hormones. High estrogen exposure to the breast cells is a risk factor of developing breast cancer, and thus, the longer the HRT lasts, the higher your risk of breast cancer will be.

If you stopped taking them less than three years ago, you have a lower risk than women who hadn't stopped, but your overall risk is still higher than women who never had received HRT.

If you stopped taking them more than three years ago, your risk of breast cancer returns to that of the general population, so you are no longer at increased risk.