Breast Cancer Risk: A Family History May Not Seal Your Fate

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  • beepbeep
    beepbeep Member Posts: 84
    edited November 2011

    that's definitely interesting. not sure what i believe anymore about family history. all i know is that studies are very contracitory. i'm surprised there aren't more studies. i have 2 incidences of bc on my maternal side, one before menopause, but i dont really know where my risk lies. now after having a fibroadenoma, i'm pretty much scared out of my wits that i've increased my already high risk. there are many women with at least one major relative with breast cancer at a young age that never get bc themselves. but that changes when you have more than one relative on one side, i'm sure.

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