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Risks for Breast Cancer include: women over 50, family history, 4. Feel your breasts while lying down; use your right hand to
first menstrual period before age 12, menopause after age 55, first assess your left breast and your left hand to assess your
pregnancy over age 30, women with no children, Hormonal ther- right breast.
apy, Radiation exposure, more than 5 drinks of alcohol per week,
high fat diet, obesity, and Benign Proliferative Breast disease in- 5. Finally, feel your breasts while you are standing or sitting.
cluding atypical hyperplasia and Lobular Carcinoma in Situ.