{"id":1530,"date":"2025-10-12T16:44:41","date_gmt":"2025-10-12T20:44:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.madischu.com\/?p=1530"},"modified":"2025-10-12T16:44:41","modified_gmt":"2025-10-12T20:44:41","slug":"lowering-breast-cancer-risk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.life360coach.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/12\/lowering-breast-cancer-risk\/","title":{"rendered":"Lowering Breast Cancer Risk"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Breast Cancer Risk Factors and Recent Development<\/span><\/span><\/span>s
\n<\/span><\/span><\/span>According to a September 22, 2025 CDC post, breast cancer risk factors are divided into modifiable and non-modifiable categories:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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  • Modifiable<\/span><\/span><\/strong>: Increasing physical activity, reducing alcohol consumption, limiting hormone intake, and maintaining a healthy weight.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
  • Non-modifiable<\/span><\/span>: Genetic mutations, dense breast tissue, family history of breast or ovarian cancer, and advancing age.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    On September 25, the FDA approved Imlunestrant (from Eli Lilly) as a new therapy for advanced breast cancer, expected to launch in the US soon at $22,500 for a 28-day, 400 mg dose.
    \n<\/span><\/span><\/span>A 2024 survey found that women delaying mammograms often cite low personal risk (e.g., no family history) and concerns over screening harms like overdiagnosis.
    \nWhile mammography enables life-saving early detection, it carries risks including false positives (affecting 239 of 1,000 women aged 40-49), unnecessary biopsies, and overdiagnosis.<\/p>\n

    Per the Harvard Medical School, lifestyle and wellness changes can enhance health.
    \nCancer prevention includes the following nutrition and lifestyle modifications:<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

    1. Nutrition: A plant-based diet rich in nutrients and antioxidants. Think Mediterranean diet with fish, fruits, legumes, vegetables, etc
    \n2. Movement: Moderate daily exercise: 7,000-10,000 steps a day. Resistance training twice a week.
    \n3. Sleep: Minimum 7 hours of restful sleep.
    \n4. Stress management – lower stress, take breaks, learn how to meditate, and be mindful. Use love, gratitude, and positive thinking.
    \n5. Social Connections: Positive and meaningful social relationships
    \n6. Spirituality
    \n7. Avoidance of risky substances (smoking, excessive alcohol consumption, drugs, etc)<\/p>\n

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    Lowering breast cancer risk is within our power.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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    Breast Cancer Risk Factors and Recent Developments According to a September 22, 2025 CDC post, breast cancer risk factors are divided into modifiable and non-modifiable categories: Modifiable: Increasing physical activity, reducing alcohol consumption, limiting hormone intake, and maintaining a healthy weight. Non-modifiable: Genetic mutations, dense breast tissue, family history of breast or ovarian cancer, and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,96],"tags":[77],"class_list":["post-1530","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-diseases","category-the-immune-system","tag-cancer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.life360coach.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1530","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.life360coach.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.life360coach.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.life360coach.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.life360coach.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1530"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.life360coach.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1530\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.life360coach.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1530"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.life360coach.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1530"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.life360coach.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1530"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}