Risks and causes of breast cancer

Breast cancer is now the most common cancer in the UK. Your risk of developing breast cancer depends on many factors including age, genetics and other factors such as obesity and alcohol.

There are some things that can help to reduce the risk of breast cancer, this includes keeping a healthy weight, eating a healthy diet and being physically active.

Some people have a higher risk of developing breast cancer than the general population because other members of their family have had particular cancers.