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Age is one of the risk factors for this disease.
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Age is also a risk factor, as women 65 and older are more likely to be diagnosed with ILC than with invasive ductal carcinoma.
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Faye Chiu, CNN Money, 22 Oct. 2025
High impact sports such as football or rugby can be a risk factor.
—Charlotte Harpur, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
Human behaviour, in all its unpredictability, remains the single greatest risk factor on our roads.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2025
Professional associations like the Endocrine Society and the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research recommend that men older than 50 who have a risk factor, and all men older than 70, should seek screening.
—The New York Times News Service Syndicate, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Oct. 2025
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Faye Chiu, CNN Money, 22 Oct. 2025
High impact sports such as football or rugby can be a risk factor.
—Charlotte Harpur, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
Human behaviour, in all its unpredictability, remains the single greatest risk factor on our roads.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2025
Professional associations like the Endocrine Society and the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research recommend that men older than 50 who have a risk factor, and all men older than 70, should seek screening.
—The New York Times News Service Syndicate, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Oct. 2025
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“Risk factor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/risk%20factor. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.
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