Screening and Prevention

Building a personal screening plan with your doctor, including your risk, breast density, family history, and choosing tests and timing together.

False positives on mammograms explained, including how common call backs are in the United States, what follow up involves, and calming the worry.

How often should you get a mammogram? A balanced guide to annual and every other year screening, personal risk, and deciding with your doctor.

Digital breast tomosynthesis explained, including how a 3D mammogram works, how it compares with a standard mammogram, and who may benefit.

Hormone therapy and breast cancer risk explained, including menopause hormone treatment, combined and estrogen only types, and talking with your doctor.

Breastfeeding and breast cancer risk explained, including what studies show, how length of time may matter, and why no feeding choice should bring guilt.

Learn how to prepare for your first mammogram, what to wear, when to schedule, what happens step by step, and how results usually arrive.

Learn the main breast cancer risk factors, from age and family history to hormones and lifestyle, and which ones you can and cannot change.

Learn how alcohol affects breast cancer risk, what the evidence shows about even small amounts, and honest ways to think about cutting down.

Learn which lifestyle habits may help lower breast cancer risk, including movement, weight, alcohol, and food, in honest and balanced terms.

Learn what can and cannot prevent breast cancer, which habits may lower risk, and why screening still matters even when you live healthily.

Learn how family history affects breast cancer risk, which patterns matter most, and what steps to discuss with your doctor in the United States.