Many Women Don't Believe Their (Real) Breast Cancer Risk
Scary. One in five women do not believe their breast cancer risk. A new study has found that women who were at above-average risk did not take it seriously. "Despite taking a tailored risk assessment tool that factors in family history and personal habits, nearly 20 percent of women did not believe their breast cancer risk, according to a new study from the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center," newswise.com reports. As a person in a very funny place -- a survivor of DCIS which, I was told was cancer, then having radiation, major surgery and hormone therapy for what now is simply called a "risk factor" -- I still would advise women to listen. You're most likely not going to need a double mastectomy, like Angelina Jolie, but one in eight women will develop breast cancer in her lifetime. The American Cancer Society notes that over 200,000 women will be diagnosed with the disease this year, and 40,000 will die. “If people don’t believe ...