Lifestyle and breast cancer risk

Current estimates suggest that increasing physical activity and decreasing alcohol consumption and body fat could prevent 38% of breast cancer in post-menopausal women in the UK.

Women meeting the World Cancer Research Fund prevention guidelines show a 60% reduction in breast cancer compared to women meeting none.

Quick facts

Breast Cancer represented
0%
of all new cancer cases in 2017 and is the most common cancer in women, globally
In UK women, around
0
new cases of breast cancer were diagnosed in 2017
0%
of breast cancers were in women under 50, between 2015-2017
0%
of breast cancers occurred in women over 75 between 2015-2017