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Bone health

Some breast cancer treatments can weaken bones over time. Protecting them early — with calcium, movement and the right screening — is easy and important.

Hormone therapy, chemotherapy and menopause-related changes can reduce bone density, raising the risk of osteoporosis and fractures. Bone density is measurable — and it is very manageable.

How to protect your bones

  • Ensure enough calcium through diet or supplements
  • Get enough vitamin D — your doctor can test your levels
  • Do weight-bearing activity, which strengthens bone
  • Track bone density with a DEXA scan when advised
  • Ask about bone-protective medication if risk is high

Bone loss happens slowly and silently — which is why acting early, while treatment is recent, is smarter than fixing fractures later.

In brief

Some treatments lower bone density
Calcium + vitamin D + movement protect bone
DEXA scans measure bone density

What you can do

Ask for a baseline bone density

Know your bone density before it changes.

Load your bones daily

Weight-bearing activity is medicine for bone.

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