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…of breast cancer. Follow our guidelines.

A 30-year-old white woman in the US has about an 11% chance, on average, of developing invasive breast cancer by the time she is 80 years old. That’s one of the predictions of a new model developed by researchers at Johns Hopkins University and other institutions around the world, based on data from eight large population based studies that included more than 35,000 women. The risk is even higher – sometimes much higher – for women who have a family history (mother or sister who has had breast cancer), gene variations, or other non-modifiable factors such as early menarche or late menopause. Of course, the actual risk varies, depending on a woman’s particular circumstances.