Breast Cancer Hereditary Paternal Side

But most women who have a close relative with breast cancer will never develop it.

Breast cancer hereditary paternal side.

Three or more first or second degree relatives from the same side of the family with breast or high grade prostate cancer at any age. Only two physicians 6 elicited all paternal relatives with cancer. Brca1 breast cancer gene one and brca2 breast cancer gene two. Two or more first or second degree relatives from the same side of the family with breast cancer if at least one breast cancer was diagnosed before age 50.

A diagnosis of hereditary breast and ovarian cancer syndrome hboc is considered when there are multiple cases of breast cancer and or ovarian cancer on the same side of the family. Having a mother sister or daughter first degree relative diagnosed with breast cancer approximately doubles the risk of breast cancer. Men are just as likely as women to have an abnormal breast cancer gene. If they have an abnormal gene men are also just as likely to pass it on to both their daughters and their sons.

More discovered the paternal aunt with breast cancer 15 33 46 than the paternal aunt with ovarian cancer 6 33 18 or the grandmother with female cancer 3 33 9. The chance that a family has hboc increases in any of these situations. This risk is higher when more close relatives have breast cancer or if a relative developed breast cancer under the age of 50. Blood relatives on either side of the family have had breast cancer diagnosed before age 50 both breast and ovarian cancer on the same side of the family or in a single person two or more primary types of brca1 or brca2 related cancers in a single family member women in your family have had cancer in both breasts.