(Hershey, PA) – October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and a health expert is weighing in on what to do to reduce risk of getting it. Professor Cheryl Thompson studies cancer risk at the Penn State Cancer Institute. She says maintaining a healthy weight, limiting alcohol consumption and exercising regularly will reduce risk. Also knowing your family history could signal when you should start screening for breast cancer.
About one in eight women in America will be diagnosed with breast cancer in their lifetime.
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