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	Breast Cancer		Breast cancer only affects older women   Breast cancer only affects older women. No. While it's true that the risk of breast cancer increases as we grow older, breast cancer can occur at any age. From birth to age 39, one woman in 231 will get breast cancer (<0.5% risk); from age 40-59, the chance is one in 25 (4% risk); from age 60–79, the chance is one in 15 (nearly 7%). Assuming you live to age 90, the chance of getting breast cancer over the course of an entire lifetime is one in 8, with an overall lifetime risk of 12.5%. Related Questions of Breast cancer only affects older women If you have a risk factor for breast cancer, you're likely to get the disease. If breast cancer doesn't run in your family, you won’t get it. Only your mother’s family history of breast cancer can affect your risk. Using antiperspirants causes breast cancer. A monthly breast self-exam is the best way to diagnose breast cancer. I’m at high risk for breast cancer and there’s nothing I can do about it. A breast cancer diagnosis is an automatic death sentence. Breast feeding with a tumor in the breast will increase your child’s risk of cancer. Wearing an under-wire bra causes breast cancer. Mammograms cause cancer. Page 1 of 1    | 1 |

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