tent among dietary factors and breast cancer risks, and is related to alcohols such as beer, wine, and liquor (breast cancer information center 2). Some doctors feel that alcohol raises a woman's estrogen levels. Lastly, some believe family history to be the single greatest risk to a woman's getting breast cancer. The very key to discovering if a person's family has been involved with breast cancer is to search in the family medical records and also to record the family medical records. It is important to know which family members were diagnosed with what type of cancer at what age (breast cancer information center 3). These are all risks, which can affect a woman for the rest of her life if not treated with caution.
             When one hears the words "breast cancer" one usually thinks of a disease that affects women. "Breast cancer very rarely occurs in men, but the incidence of male breast cancer is on the rise, and men should be aware that they might be at risk of this disease," says Dr. Heinrich of a breast cancer treatment center in Texas (Majure 67). The cause of breast cancer is unknown for men as well as for women. The incidence of male breast cancer in the United States remained stable for approximately fifty years, but in recent years, it has began to show up more and more (Haylock 1). The reason for this increase in breast cancer cases is unclear. We do know that male breast cancer is a predominately hormonally sensitive tumor (Haylock 8). Men face many of the same risks as women. Some of the more dangerous risk factors include family history, age, and
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