Featured In: The Coalville Times, Friday, 3rd December, 2021

HEALTH MATTERS WITH DR HANNA ROBBINS

Breast cancer prevention

• Breast cancer is the most common cancer in the world
• Men can get it too
• 1 in 7 women will get breast cancer
• 1 in 4 breast cancers are preventable Anyone can be at risk of breast cancer, and most of us know at least one person who has had breast cancer.

• Being older increases the risk of most cancers
• Being female brings a higher risk
• Our family history may put us at higher risk
• Having had breast cancer before

• Regular exercise – aim for 30 minutes a day
• Keeping a healthy weight
• Eating a healthy balanced diet
• Avoid alcohol or just have it occasionally
• Stop smoking
• Stop smoking services: 0300 123 1044

• Plenty of fruit and vegetables
• Not too much red meat (beef, lamb, pork)
• Not too much processed meat (burgers, sausages, ham, bacon, salami, canned meat)

Anyone registered with a GP as female will be invited for NHS breast cancer screening. This happens every 3 years between the ages of 50 and 71. You will get a letter of invitation in the post.

If you are a trans man, trans woman or are non-binary you may receive an invitation, or you may need to call the local breast screening service to ask for an appointment. You need to be registered with a GP surgery to be invited for breast screening.

Breast cancer prevention: breast-cancerprevention.org.uk/

Breast screening services: www.nhs.uk/service-search/other-ser-vices/breast-screening-services/location-search/325

Find your local GP: www.nhs.uk/service-search/find-a-gp

How to register with a GP Surgery: https://www.nhs.uk/nhs-services/gps/how-to-register-with-a-gp-surgery/