As previously reported in DrRehertsAlerts, drinking alcohol increases breast cancer.  In fact, each drink (per day) increases your risk 7% according to the study below.

Click Here For The Complete Story==>http://www.cancer.org/docroot/NWS/content/NWS_2_1x_Breast_Cancer_Risk_Linked_To_Drinking.asp

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Also, as reported here, cigarette smoking increases breast cancer in women who begin smoking within five years of their first menstrual period.

Click Here For The Complete Story==>http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20021004/smoking_breast_cancer_021004/?s_name

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But without a doubt the highest risk factor for breast cancer -- the factor that increases your risk 100 times -- in other words it increases your risk of getting breast cancer 10,000%.  That is the increased risk of being a female.  For every case of male breast cancer, there are 100 cases of female breast cancer. 

 

So why are we so surprised to learn that estrogen increases the risk of getting breast cancer 24%.  I'm surprised it's not higher.  Dr.Rehert

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