This volume with contributions from the most recognized experts in preventive strategies in
breast cancer presents the accepted as well as the novel ideas that have been introduced for
the prevention of breast cancer.There is no single preventive agent that can stop the incidence
of breast cancer-the malignant disease most frequently diagnosed in women of all races and
nationalities. Furthermore its incidence around the globe is increasing in industrialized
countries. The worldwide incidence of breast cancer has increased 30-40% since the 1970s
reaching an excess of 1 390 000 new cases and a mortality of more than 460 000 cases in 2015.
Therefore what is needed is the development of rational strategies for the prevention of this
fatal disease.
