If you or a friend or family member have been told you have breast cancer, it is natural to wonder what may have caused the disease.  Unfortunately, no one knows the exact cause of breast cancer.  Scientists have done extensive research to identify different causes, but we seldom know why one person develops breast cancer and another does not.  We do know that breast cancer is caused by damage to a cell’s DNA.  We also know that there are certain patient characteristics and risk factors that may increase someone’s likelihood of developing breast cancer.  For more information and a brief video from the national breast cancer foundation, please visit the link below.

Be sure to log-on to our blog tomorrow for a closer look at some of the potential risk factors related to breast cancer.