Yes, a person can have a high likelihood of Breast cancer from the genetics of the family.
how do you get breast cancer? Is is becasue of your family or what els?
Male breast cancer is not common among males but it can happen. If your family has has a history of male breast cancer , it can increase your risks greatly.
Removal of a patient's breast is usually recommended when cancer is present in the breast or as a prophylactic when the patient has severe fibrocystic disease and a family history of breast cancer.
As a woman ages, her risk of developing breast cancer rises dramatically regardless of her family history
Hitler's mother, Klara, died of breast cancer.
You should get screened for breast cancer at least once every one to two years. The breast cancer screen is usually conducted by your family physician.
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The first person you can talk to about metastatic breast cancer is your family doctor. There are also many online health websites with cancer facts such as WedMD, National Breast Cancer Foundation, and American Cancer Fund.
Women with a strong family history of breast cancer and/or who test positive for a known cancer-causing gene may choose to have both breasts removed.
[From Genetics of Prostate Cancer part of the National Cancer Institute website] As with breast and colon cancer, familial clustering of prostate cancer has been reported frequently. From 5% to 10% of prostate cancer cases are believed to be due primarily to high-risk inherited genetic factors or prostate cancer susceptibility genes. Results from several large case-control studies and cohort studies representing various populations suggest that family history is a major risk factor in prostate cancer. A family history of a brother or father with prostate cancer increases the risk of prostate cancer by 2-fold to 3-fold, and the risk is inversely related to the age of the affected relative.
Her aunt pink was sad because of it
No She had a double mastectomy to prevent breast cancer since it is so prominent in her family