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Click on the small Shields
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You are a Woman |
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You are a Man |
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Risk Factors |
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Health Factors |
| You are getting older | | less than 50 | | 50 - 64 | | 65 and older |
| Having a BRCA1 or BRCA2 gene mutation |
| Having 1st-degree relatives (mother, sister or child) with breast cancer |
| | Only 1 1st degree relative with breast cancer | | | 2 or more 1st degree relatives with breast cancer |
| Having had breast cancer previously |
| Have had radiation to your breasts as a child or young adult (may have been for treatment for another cancer such as Hodgkin's Disease) |
| Going through menopause after age 54 |
| Starting your period before age 12 | | Never having had a child |
| Having 1st child after the age of 30 |
| Recent or long term (less than 10 years) use of hormone therapy (for menopausal symptoms) |
| Smoking | | Lack of physical exercise |
| Alcohol intake | | High dietary fat intake | | Overweight |
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| Breast feeding a infant at least 18 months continuously |
| Physical activity at least 30 minutes a day |
| 0 to 7 drinks of alcohol a week |
| A low calorie / low fat diet |
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If you do not have these risk factors you may not notice a change in your "Shield" when you click on the same health factors
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