90% Fewer Breast Cancer Cases? It's Possible. Here's How. | Dr. Kristi Funk
The Exam Room by the Physicians Committee
Physicians Committee
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🗓️ 5 October 2021
⏱️ 56 minutes
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Summary
Only about 10% of breast cancer cases can be attributed to genetics. As for the other 90%? Much of that is up to you! You have enormous power to reduce your risk of being one of the nearly 270,000 women who will be diagnosed with it this year.
Dr. Kristi Funk, board-certified breast cancer surgeon and best-selling author, unveils the steps you can take to dramatically improve your chances of living cancer-free as she joins "The Weight Loss Champion" Chuck Carroll on The Exam Room™ podcast.
Dr. Funk is helping to lead the Let's Beat Breast Cancer campaign with the Physicians Committee. She encourages women to take the four-week LBBC challenge to improve their health and reduce their risk for breast cancer.
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Let's Beat Breast Cancer 4-Week Challenge
https://letsbeatbreastcancer.org
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BREASTS: The Owner's Manual
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Dr. Kristi Funk
Summit: https://bit.ly/CncrKckng21
Website: https://pinklotus.com
IG: @drkristifunk
Twitter: @drkristifunk
Facebook: https://bit.ly/DrFunkFB
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Chuck Carroll
IG: @ChuckCarrollWLC
Twitter: @ChuckCarrollWLC
Facebook: http://wghtloss.cc/ChuckFacebook
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Barnard Medical Center
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202-527-7500
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| 0:00.0 | Only 5 to 10% of all breast cancer |
| 0:02.5 | come from inherited genetic mutations, such as BRCA. |
| 0:06.0 | That's not to minimize that if you do have a gene mutation, |
| 0:08.2 | it can have powerful risk. |
| 0:10.3 | But that leaves us then with this huge big fat bell curve |
| 0:14.5 | in the middle that is for sure 80%, possibly up to 90% |
| 0:19.5 | of all breast cancer, which is now going to get defined |
| 0:24.0 | by what's on the end of your fork |
| 0:26.3 | and by other lifestyle choices that you're making. |
| 0:28.7 | I have a lot of science and data behind this |
| 0:30.9 | to back myself up, and if you want to, |
| 0:34.0 | we can jump into some of it right now. |
| 0:35.6 | Welcome to the Exam Room Podcast, brought to you |
| 0:43.2 | by the Physicians Committee. |
| 0:45.0 | Hi, I am the Weight Loss Champion, Chuck Carroll. |
| 0:47.9 | Thank you so very much for raising your health IQ with us |
| 0:50.7 | in more than 130 countries around the world. |
| 0:54.4 | So hello to the Exam Roomies listening in New Zealand, |
| 0:58.0 | Ireland, Sweden, Portugal, and Greece. |
| 1:01.2 | We appreciate you helping us to truly make the world |
| 1:04.6 | a healthier place. |
| 1:06.4 | This is episode 80 of season four, number 275 overall, |
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