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Breast cancer risks for nurses

The study also uncovered some surprising beliefs held by women about breast cancer:

If they held optimistic attitudes about not having cancer, this lowered their breast cancer risk.
If their mammogram results were negative, their faith in the results was extraordinary and often relied solely on the mammogram for breast cancer detection.
If they reached their 70s and 80s, they tended to believe that mammograms were no longer essential. Due to their age, they believed their chances of getting cancer were slimmer.
For older women whose daughters were the first-degree relatives who had breast cancer, they believed that they themselves were much less likely to develop it (i.e., cancer is for younger women).

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Marijke Durning

Marijke is a professional writer who began her working career as a registered nurse over 25 years ago. After working in clinical areas ranging from rehab to intensive care, as a floor nurse to a supervisor, she found she could combine her extensive health knowledge with her love of writing. Although she has been published in a wide variety of publications for professionals and the general public, her passion is writing for the every day person to promote health literacy.