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Good morning. I'm sorry that your husband has been diagnosed with breast cancer. Have you begun treatments yet? My piece of advice to help prevent a recurrence is to do what your doctor advises and live the best life that he can. Breast cancer doesn't mean a death sentence. One of my oldest friends had very dire breast cancer and is very alive after over 20 years. Maybe more.
Unfortunately, cancers have a mind of their own. Eat cleanly, exercise, reduce stress (I know that it will be tough right now), sleep 7-9 hours a day, and live his life to the fullest. During treatment, he might need to nap a lot. Although my cancer is lung cancer I found that drinking a lot of water really helped in many ways.
The most important thing right now is to get rid of what he has. to listen to his doctors, and if he doesn't like his options discuss it openly with his doctor and be completely honest.
Can you tell me when his treatments begin?
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I left this comment above as well, but he himself does not have breast cancer. His mother was positive for BRCA1 and so he was tested as well. We have the standard recommendations for prevention in men, but they seem quite bare bones (I am also a family physician so have some medical context for reading about this). I have not had much luck locating people who are doing active research or trials on more active surveillance/prevention for this group.