Breast lumps primary prevention

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Shadan Mehraban, M.D.[2]

Overview

Primary prevention of breast lumps consists of modifiable risk factors and preventive factors to decreases breast cancer rates. The protective factors are controlling alcohol consumption, healthy weight, physical activity, diet, breast feeding for 1 year, prophylactic bilateral oophorectomy for BRCA1 and BRCA2 carriers, avoid hormonal replacement therapy and tamoxifen usage for high risk women aged > 35 years.

Primary prevention

There are no established measures for the primary prevention of breast lumps.

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