Age Quote by Kristi Funk

Lifestyle changes may help reduce risk, but no study has shown that lifestyle changes alone can eliminate the risk of breast cancer, especially in…

— Dean Ornish

Having the BRCA mutation significantly increases the risk of breast cancer, but it is not always the only factor. Lifestyle choices may increase or…

— Dean Ornish

Nearly every BRCA mutation carrier's main concern is how to avoid the fate of relatives who have had, and possibly died from, breast or…

— Kristi Funk

Medicine will be personalized and preventive: Your genome might predict that you have an 80 percent chance of breast cancer by the time you…

— Leroy Hood

Those of us who have gone through breast cancer treatment will say "yes" ..we absolutely need to focus on prevention. I never want my…

— Ravida Din

Just when your ovaries should be brimming with youthful follicles, cancerous cells overtook mine, threatening to end my fertility and potentially my life.

— Cobie Smulders

Breast cancer alone kills some 458,000 people each year, according to the World Health Organization, mainly in low- and middle-income countries. It has got…

— Angelina Jolie

The biggest risk factor for cancer is aging.

— Laurie Glimcher

In my practice, the majority of mutation carriers choose mastectomy; however, for those without cancer, they have much more control over the timing. For…

— Kristi Funk

My chances of developing breast cancer have dropped from 87 percent to under 5 percent. I can tell my children that they don't need…

— Angelina Jolie

For any woman reading this, I hope it helps you to know you have options. I want to encourage every woman, especially if you…

— Angelina Jolie

An estimated 2 million American women will be diagnosed with breast or cervical cancer this decade and screening could prevent up to 30% of…

— Matthew Lesko