Breast Cancer Risk: New Study Reveals Startling Facts

9 Oct 2025 · 1 min

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Short spoken excerpt from a YouTube video by Paul Savage MD discussing breast cancer lifetime-risk statistics and the role of heredity versus modifiable factors. The speaker states current lifetime risk as "one in eight" women, mentions an upcoming study suggesting lifetime risk may be "one in seven," and emphasizes that only a minority of breast cancer is inherited (speaker cites "20%" and alternatively "10%" from some studies), arguing that lifestyle changes can significantly reduce risk.

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One in eight women.

One in seven women.

The speaker states "only 20%" are inherited and adds that "some studies say only 10%."

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Right now, the stats are one in eight women get breast cancer. A new study will come out next year that at least at this point, is going to say one in seven women will get breast cancer in their lifetime. So we want to look at those things that we can do on Monday morning. We can change our lives today and really decrease that risk significantly. Because only 20% of breast cancer is inherited. Some studies say only 10% is inherited. And that's one of the non modifiable. You can't fix your family history, but it's not as big a deal as people think it is.