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One in seven women could develop breast malignant neoplastic disease if public wellness tendencies make not improve, experts warn.

Researchers establish the hazard to women carrying a factor which can take to the disease have increased dramatically in the last 60 years.

The study, at the Genesis Breast Cancer Prevention Centre in Manchester, proposes a life style alteration is key.

Having households earlier and avoiding long term usage of female internal secretions in hormone replacement therapy and preventives were recommended.

Experts also suggested regular exercising and a healthy diet could do a difference.

One in 10 women in the United Kingdom currently develop breast malignant neoplastic disease by the age of 80 but research workers fear this may lift to one in seven by 2024 unless alterations are made.

Gene mutations

Around one in 500 people are said to transport the factor mutants which consequence in an 85-90% opportunity of developing breast cancer.

Professor Gareth Evans, who led the survey of more than than 1,400 women who carried the high-risk genes, said: "This rise in the relative incidence of breast malignant neoplastic disease is reflected in the general population.

"In 1984 lone 1 in 13 women were projected to develop breast cancer.

"In 2004 this reached one in 10 and, if the rates rise as they are currently doing so, it is predicted that by 2024 one in seven to eight women will develop breast malignant neoplastic disease by 80 old age of age.

"That volition interpret into an other 4,000 deaths, unless additional improvements in treatments occur."

The report, by the adviser in medical genetic science at St Mary's Hospital and Agatha Christie Hospital, both in Manchester, will be published in the BMC Cancer journal.

It showed that women born before 1920 who transport faults in the high-risk genes had a 7.5% opportunity of developing breast malignant neoplastic disease by the age of 40.

However, women born after 1960 had a hazard of up to 40%.

The Genesis Appeal, a breast malignant neoplastic disease bar charity, have funded the purpose-built £14m Centre in Wythenshawe which conveys together medical experts to carry on diagnosis, instruction and research into the disease.