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	Breast Cancer		to get the disease   If you have a risk factor for breast cancer, you're likely to get the disease. No. Getting breast cancer is not a certainty, even if you have one of the stronger risk factors, like a breast cancer gene abnormality. Of women with a BRCA1 or BRCA2 inherited genetic abnormality, 40–80% will develop breast cancer over their lifetime; 20–60% won't. All other risk factors are associated with a much lower probability of being diagnosed with breast cancer. Related Questions of to get the disease Breast cancer only affects older women. 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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