There is no known, sure-fire way to prevent breast cancer. 

Really, we can only put ourselves in the best position to avoid it.

Improving general health is the first step that everyone can take, and that everyone will benefit from.

If you are at high risk for breast cancer, there are more serious measures that you can take. Those more serious measures involve your doctors and care providers.

First, the top two things that you can do to prevent breast cancer is to CHECK!

  • Perform regular self exams
  • Stay current with your mammograms
Early detection is so key.
Talk to your health care provider about all of the different things that you can do to make sure you understand how to give yourself the proper check.

According to the Centers for Disease Control, the following things can be done for general prevention of breast cancer.

If you follow the suggestions on this list above, it will make you a healthier person, and the reduces the risk of breast cancer.

More advance tests can suggest the need for further preventive measures. This video and any suggestions that you may take from it are simply for demonstrative value. If any decisions like the ones Angelina Jolie had to make must be made, that is something that about which only your doctor can advise you.

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