Breast Cancer Awareness Month: Let’s Talk Prevention This October

News - 29 September 2025

This Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Breast Cancer UK are focusing on preventing breast cancer before it starts by looking at how improving your diet and avoiding alcohol can reduce your risk of breast cancer.
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Changing what you eat and drink can make a difference to your risk of breast cancer. Prevention starts with everyday choices. Breast Cancer UK want to empower you with clear, actionable prevention strategies.

  • A diet high in fruit and vegetables (especially non-starchy vegetables and foods high in carotenoids) helps reduce breast cancer risk.
  • In the UK it is estimated that 8% (around 4,400 out of 56,000) of female breast cancer cases are linked to alcohol consumption.
  • Excess weight increases the risk of breast cancer in postmenopausal women by up to 30%.

Everyone has some risk of getting breast cancer, but there are easy everyday ways to help reduce your risk and be healthier all round.

Prevention begins with knowledge and action. Find practical resources to start your breast cancer prevention journey at Alcohol, diet and weight | Breast Cancer UK 

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Living a healthy lifestyle and avoiding harmful chemicals will reduce your risk of breast cancer, but you cannot always prevent breast cancer. Going for breast screening (mammogram) when you are invited can help find cancers that are too small to see or feel, leading to earlier diagnosis and better outcomes. 

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