Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women, according to the National Breast Cancer Foundation, other than skin cancer.
One in eight women will develop breast cancer, according to the organization.
Women begin to get mammograms every year starting around the age of 40 to help detect breast cancer.
Other risk factors highlighted by the CDC are reproductive history, previous treatments using radiation therapy, having dense breasts, exposure to the drug diethylstilbestrol (DES) and genetic mutations.
Factors like low exercise, being overweight, taking hormones, reproductive history and drinking alcohol are other risks associated with the disease that fall within an individual’s control, according to the CDC.
Cortney Moore contributed reporting.
Ashlyn Messier is a writer for Fox News Digital.
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