We now know that if a woman has several close cases of breast cancer in her family, she is also more at risk of developing the disease. Mutations in the BRCA1 or BRCA2 genes are the most common causes of inherited breast cancer, which can be inherited from a mother or father.
For men, prostate cancer is another form of cancer that is more likely to develop in people with a family history of the disease. Having a father or brother with prostate cancer can more than double a man’s risk of being affected by the disease.
But a recent study shows that if a woman’s family has a history of prostate cancer, her risk of breast cancer is 15% higher.
To make this discovery on the association of prostate cancer and breast cancer, researchers at the Detroit School of Medicine (United States) studied the health records of 78,171 women, recruited for a large epidemiological study between 1993 and 1998 and followed through 2009. During this period, 3506 women were diagnosed with breast cancer. Researchers found that those who had a first-degree relative (a sibling, father or son) with prostate cancer had a 14% higher risk of being diagnosed with breast cancer after the age of 50. years. A risk that increases by 78% in women with both a history of prostate cancer and a history of breast cancer in their family.
Also, if this is your case, do not pass up the invitation for the program. organized breast cancer screening when you are 50 years old.
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