Breast Cancer Genetic?
my grandma had breast cancer..but then the doctors got rid of it..but now i am afraid that my mom is going to get breast cancer…what are the odds of that happening?
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March 1st, 2010 at 6:30 am
Genetic breast cancer is rare – only 5- 10 percent of breast cancer cases are due to hereditary factors.
For your grandmother’s breast cancer to be hereditary she would carry one of the two rare faulty genes known to be responsible for hereditary breast cancer – BRCA1 or BRCA2; your mother would then have a 50 percent chance of inheriting that gene, although inheriting it would not mean that she would definitely get breast cancer.
When I was diagnosed with breast cancer, my oncologist was able to reassure me that my cancer wasn’t hereditary and other members of my largely female family were not at increased risk. It was random, like 90 – 95 percent of breast cancer cases.
Also, you don’t say at what age your grandmother was diagnosed; as with other cancers, breast cancer diagnosed after the age of 50 is less likely to be hereditary.
March 1st, 2010 at 10:55 am
Certian types of cancers are hereditary. If your grandmother had it, then your mother and her female children should be screened for it on a regular basis. It doesn’t mean because grandma had it anyone else in her line will get it, it just means there is a higher percentile rate of it being passed down. Preventition is the best and smartest action you can take.
March 1st, 2010 at 12:30 pm
Cancer can’t survive in an alkaline system… have her consume more alkaline foods than acidic
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