Are You at Risk for Breast Cancer?

Knowing your risk factors can help you make any lifestyle adjustments needed to help reduce your chance of developing breast cancer. Be empowered.

General risk factors

• Being female
• Risk increases with age
• Personal or family history of breast cancer
• Early menstruation (before age 12)
• Late menopause (after age 50)
• Recent use of oral contraceptives or post-menopausal estrogen
• Never having children or having first live birth at a late age
• Obesity
• Alcohol use

Personal or family history of breast cancer

• Have you had breast cancer diagnosed before age 50?
• Have at least two relatives on the same side of the family been diagnosed with breast or ovarian cancer, with at least one diagnosed before age 50?
• Have there been cases of both breast and ovarian cancer on the same side of the family?
• Have three or more relatives on the same side of the family been diagnosed with breast cancer?

If you answered "yes" to any of the questions, you may benefit from an appointment with one of our genetic counselors, who can develop an individual risk assessment for you and provide recommendation for early detection.

Source: American Cancer Society

Learn more

• Call the Cancer Genetic Risk Assessment Program at 262-928-2224 to learn more or to schedule a risk assessment.
• Learn more about our Cancer Genetic Risk Assessment Program.
• E-mail one of our genetic counselors
  • Kristin Sanden, MS, CGC
  • Ann Schmidt, MS, CGC