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  The Rio Grande Cancer Foundation   2 min read 8 years ago

Ways To Reduce Breast Cancer Risk

Breast cancer cannot be completely prevented, but there are steps women can take to decrease their risk and/or improve early detection of the disease.

Screening

Women should begin monthly breast self-exams in their 20s. Any changes in their breasts should be reported to a physician immediately.

Women in their 20s and 30s should have a clinical breast exam every three years. Women age 40 and older should consider annual clinical breast exams. Women age 50 and older should have an annual clinical breast exam.

Women over 40 should consider annual mammograms, and women over 50 should have annual

mammograms.

• Women in their 30s should discuss their breast cancer risk level with a physician to determine the most appropriate breast cancer screening options, including mammograms and MRI screenings. Women 40 and older should consider an annual MRI screening, if recommended by a physician.

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