What Are the Risk Factors for Breast Cancer?

What Are the Risk Factors for Breast Cancer? (0:32)

One of the main risk factors for breast cancer is family history, says Stephen Montoya, MD, an OB/GYN at Sunrise Hospital. In this video he names other risk factors for the disease, including obesity.

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