What's your Blood type?

A bit bemused/doubtful, but....oh heck. I'm A+

O+

which blood types are supposed to be the biggest risks?

AB +

another A+

I'm A + but this is the most common European blood type. O+ is most common in USA with AB being more rare. I doubt it has any meaning as far as BC. I am sure they would have found a way around that by now. Since heredity decides our blood type it can also be a factor in a lot of cancers. In my case no family member had BC or any other cancers. Am retired RN and worked w/transplants most of my career.Hugs to all.

Hi Englishmummy:

B+

I think your son has the makings of a statistician.

BarredOwl

A+

B+

AB- for me

0-

An interesting side note I found out during my years in kidney transplant. Several studies found out that rats found their mates by blood type- thus our human factors like attractiveness ,intellenge, love all did not factor in - ha!

I was going to post this Q myself! I am half Japanese and the Japanese are obsessed with blood types. They don't ask, "What's your sign?". They ask, "What's your type?". According to Japanese interpretation(This applies to ANY type of cancer, not just breast):

Type O -- Least likely to get cancer. O's are supposed to have the strongest immune systems and are best at fighting off carcinogens. This is because O was the first type to develop("O" stands for zero, not the letter O). Our earliest ancestors lived in isolation and were not bombarded with infectious agents so the O immune system developed to it's strongest. O's, however, have the least resistance to contagious diseases(Flu, for example) because of their lack of exposure. Most people who die of contaigous deseases are O's. The O immune system is so strong it often overreacts and Os are prone to autoimmune diseases.

Type B -- B's lived in semi-isolation and have the second strongest immune systems and better ability to fight off contagious diseases.

Type A -- Were well integrated with their fellow humans and have good resistance to contaigous diseases. But the A immune system did not become very strong and does not readily recognize carcinogens as unfriendly.

Type AB -- Developed in crowded urban areas where people of all ethnicities and cultures came together. This exposure made them very resistant to contagious diseases and AB's are least affected by outbreaks of contaigious diseases like flu, chicken pox, etc.... When they do get them they tend to have milder cases and recover more quickly. But constant exposure to other humans made their immune systems "friendly" to carcinogens. The AB immune system often does not even recognize them.

Take it for what you will. The blood typing system was developed before things like pollution, before crime and stress were as common and so on. There certainly weren't cancer hot spots then. Asian societies are also much more homogenous than western and, as type AB's prove, the mixing of ethnicities had to exert some effect on our abilities of resistance and recuperation.

To answer your Q Englishmummy -- I am O+, a type so rare among Asians it is all but non-existent. I am the only type O on either side of my family tree and the first ever to have breast cancer. Furthermore, there are no risk factors on either side of the family and bc is rare among Japanese anyway. From all the odds I shouldn't have it. So much for odds and blood types.

O+

O-