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The Breast Cancer Prevention GuideDid you know each day approximately 36 Australian women are diagnosed with breast cancer?Breast cancer is the most feared disease for the majority of women.Most women feel powerless over their ability to prevent it.Many women believe breast cancer is a result of bad genes and bad luck. The truth is: only five to ten percent of breast cancer cases are genetic.In The Breast Cancer Prevention Guide, Dr Sandra Cabot and naturopath Margaret Jasinska explain:The real risk factors for breast cancer What you can do to greatly reduce your riskLike we were, you will probably be surprised to know that:Oral contraceptives increase the risk of breast cancer by 44 percent when taken before a woman’s first pregnancy. In 2005 the World Health Organisation defined them as a “class one carcinogen”, meaning a known cancer causing agent. Iodine deficiency increases the risk of fibrocystic breast disease, which is a precursor to breast cancer. Women who a
