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   Can lifestyle and diet reduce my breast cancer risk? Breast cancer is something that is on the back of  the minds of  us women, If you are a woman or know one, you have a twinge of doubt creep up in the back of your mind from time to time. "what if I have it ?" We wear Pink for Breast Cancer Awareness Month in October. We discuss Breast caner screenings and breast self exams, that are a very important part of early detection. But what else can we do to reduce our risk. and prevent cancer in the first place? Is it just fate or genetics that some of us are doomed  to suffer with this life altering disease? Lets break down some  facts: 1 in 8 women will be diagnosed with Breast Cancer in their lifetimes. 1.7 million new cases of breast cancer are diagnosed every year worldwide it is the number one killer of women, aged 20-59 90 % of women diagnosed with breast cancer have no first degree relative with the diagnosis inherited mutations like BRCA  are re...

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