47. The Cost of (Breast) Cancer with Dr. Stephanie Graff
Financial Feminist
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What Are Some of the Most Dangerous Myths About Breast Cancer?
The two biggest risk factors for breast cancer are being a woman and getting older. Only about 5% of breast cancer is genetically mediated, which means the vast majority of people who are developing it have nothing to do with their family. For 50-year-olds, 1 out of every 42 women in their 50s is going to get diagnosed with breast cancer. We all just walk around believing that if our moms didn't have it, we're not going to have it. That's number one screening. I think that a lot of people believe that there's some magic age where you can stop. Again, breast cancer is the disease of aging.
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