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Breast cancer is a disease which isn't very well defined, but there are prominent causes that lead to it. If you show some or all of these symptoms, your risk of getting breast cancer naturally increases. However, it is necessary to add that even with all the symptoms, you might not get the cancer, as a rule. Causes are not a foolproof way of calculating your risks of getting breast cancer, and should never be the only factor in calculating the risks. You can get a car accident if you as much as drive a car, but so many factors come into play that it's very hard to designate the risks to a single factor, if at all, it can be done. The same goes for breast cancer.

One sure factor is age. The older you get, the higher your chances are of developing a malignant lump. This fact is pivotal to prevention of breast cancer. Heredity also plays a major role, and researches suggest that your risk of getting breast cancer goes up if a family member has had breast cancer. Therefore genetics plays a role, even though the exact nature of the role is yet to be determined. Your race might or might not have to do with the risks, there's no conclusive study to suggest exactly how. Also, scientists say, women who conceive in later years have a higher risk, though that can be safely attributed to an older age. Men get breast cancer too, though in lesser numbers.

There is still a lot of research going on when it comes to whether or not birth control plays a big part in developing this cancer. There is always debate on this subject, but more research needs to go into it before they can solidly say for sure whether it does or not.

Another lifestyle dependant factor is the use of alcohol. Though alcohol does aggravate and raise risks, it does the same to any type of cancer. A very good measure is to cut down the daily intake of alcoholic beverages, or totally refrain from consuming it, if you're already on a high risk.

That is the same for people who become obese, or who have weight problems all of their lives. It increases health problems in many different areas, breast cancer being one of them. And again, you can help fight that by doing a little bit of exercise a few times of week. Prevention is the key to beating this.

As stated above, there are so many different causes for getting breast cancer; it is hard to pinpoint the exact one that will cause it in every case. As more research goes on however, we may be able to find that one key, and if we are able to do that, then we can help even more people prevent themselves from developing it, and beating it quicker. Causes for developing breast cancer are innumerable, and very variable, and pinning down one of them to be the major cause is not possible. However, with research revealing new facts, the one major cause can be discovered, and then, prevention can cut down a high percentage of developing the disease, diagnosis will be better, and cure, faster.

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