Can a woman get breast cancer if it’s not in their family?

Although you are at a higher risk of getting breast cancer if there is a family history, most breast cancers occur in women with no family history! 80% of breast cancers are spontaneous i.e. no known risk factors evident.(risk factors are family history, abnormal cancer genes – BRCA, obesity, not having had children, hormone replacement, dense breast tissue and alcohol abuse.)

Maybe there are other factors involved such as environment, hormones in food or exposure to unknown toxins. But at this time, we have no evidence of this, so you can’t avoid what you don’t know!