Cancer Survivor, writing about Health and Fitness as you age

I've done 2 other "Cancer by the Numbers" posts, the first was about blood counts , the second about my grocery bill.  Why am I doing a post on risk? First it is to share general information but it is also to let my friends and family have some understanding of where I am now that I've completed treatment. My standard answer to what's happening is that I've completed my last treatment (radiation), and now I wait. This post is about understanding the likelihood of me waiting in vain (desired outcome). Risk of getting cancer. The chance of a woman having invasive breast cancer some time during her life is a little less 1 in 8.  (1) The chance of dying from breast cancer is about 1 in 36 and death rates are declining. (1) What increases your chances of getting cancer? Being female. It is 100 times more common for females than for males (1) . This means that my nieces have a higher risk for breast cancer than my sons do, even though the heredit

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