{"id":896,"date":"2019-09-18T11:49:19","date_gmt":"2019-09-18T11:49:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.toplinemd.com\/breast-care-center-of-miami\/?page_id=896"},"modified":"2025-12-09T17:06:17","modified_gmt":"2025-12-09T17:06:17","slug":"breast-cancer-prevention-miami-florida","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.toplinemd.com\/breast-care-center-of-miami\/services\/breast-cancer-prevention\/","title":{"rendered":"Breast Cancer Prevention in Miami Florida"},"content":{"rendered":"

Breast Cancer Prevention
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Miami office<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>

(305) 271-3300<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Pembroke Pines office<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>

(954) 903-7737<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Some might believe that cancer is a single disease, but it\u2019s a group of related diseases. Lifestyle, our genes, and our environment can increase or decrease the risk of developing the malignancy.<\/p>\n

Furthermore, each person has an \u201cindividual cancer risk,\u201d which is the likelihood of them developing a malignancy as a combination of these three factors.<\/p>\n

In this regard, breast cancer prevention simply means lowering the chances of developing malignancy in the breast tissue.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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About Breast Cancer<\/h2><\/div>

Breast cancer is among the most common malignancies in women in the US, followed only by skin cancer. The disease develops when cells in the breast tissue start to mutate and spread uncontrollably, often invading other tissues and organs. Unfortunately, it is also the second most fatal malignancy in US women, second only to lung cancer. The disease may also develop in men, but only sporadically when compared to women.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Breast Cancer Prevention: Understanding Risk Factors<\/h2><\/div>

Unfortunately, there\u2019s no surefire way to avoid cancer. Still, women can avoid some of the risk factors that can help with breast cancer risk reduction in general.<\/p>\n

The following are the most common breast cancer risks:<\/p>\n