Employee counseling with respect to lifestyles, life events, and breast cancer risks.

1. All women should be considered at risk for breast cancer, because about 75% of the cases occur in women who are not considered high risk, or in whom no cause is identified. 2. Risk is a function of unalterable genetic and constitutional factors that are modified by lifestyle, life events, and environmental factors. 3. Knowledge about factors that influence employee behaviors regarding their risks is useful for planning strategies to encourage health-promoting behaviors. 4. The future goal of education and counseling will be primary prevention as well as early detection of breast cancer.