10/27/2026
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. We pause to honor everyone whose life has been touched by breast cancer: those living with it, those who have lost someone they love, and the caregivers and clinicians who walk alongside them.
This month, the American Cancer Society released a survey of about 33,000 U.S. women about the breast cancer risk factors within their influence. For women who have children and are able to breastfeed, breastfeeding was the least-known protective factor: nearly half of the women surveyed did not know it can help lower cancer risk. Because the women surveyed are long-time participants in cancer research, ACS notes that awareness in the general public is likely even lower.
Baby-Friendly USA urges maternity care staff to talk with mothers about how breastfeeding can lower their risk of breast cancer, so every family knows that breastfeeding benefits not just babies, but mothers too.
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