Waiting to have children means more menstrual cycles over a woman's lifetime, increasing breast cancer risk.
Factors like birth control pills or hormone therapy can elevate breast cancer risk.
Exposure to endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) in plastics and pesticides can contribute to breast cancer.
Alcohol, sedentary habits, obesity, and poor diet can raise the likelihood of breast cancer.
Improved screening methods catch breast cancer earlier in younger women, making it seem more common.
Inherited mutations like BRCA1 and BRCA2 increase breast cancer risk, particularly in younger women.