Inherited???

Carly68
Carly68 Member Posts: 130
edited June 2014 in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer
Inherited???
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  • Carly68
    Carly68 Member Posts: 130
    edited February 2008

    Correct me (please) if i am wrong but from I am reading (online) about tripels ,,it can be inherated or is.  My moms a tripel so are there special things my Dr should be doing with me?

    Sorry I posted this earlier on the wrong board.

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  • sftfemme65
    sftfemme65 Member Posts: 790
    edited February 2008

    Not all triple neg are BRCA1 or 2, But if you carry this gene and do develope breast cancer you have an 80% chance that it will be trip neg.  Have your mom talk to her doctor about being tested for the genes, BRCA 1 and 2.  If she is positive you only have a 50% chance of having it too.  I just took my test today because I have 4 daughters.  I don't have family history that I know of but my doctor is awesome and agreed I should know.

    Teresa

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  • sharebear
    sharebear Member Posts: 332
    edited February 2008

    What's interesting about the gene is, just because you have it, doesn't mean you will develop it. My grandmother had it and did have bc. However, my mother had it and never developed bc. I have it and had it twice. My mother did pass at 68 but from something else not related. My grandmother was young like I was and it was before chemo back when they had cobalt....very bad stuff.  Would my mother eventually have developed bc in her old age????? Who knows?  My older sister does not have the gene.

    Sharon

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  • sueps
    sueps Member Posts: 2,266
    edited February 2008

    Hello Sisters xxx

    I am musing a thought I have had for a while .... I am trip neg aged 38. I have not been genetically tested. My maternal grandmother had first dx at 40 then 2nd at 46.... each time a mastectomy and no chemo... years ago. She lived until she was 80 . My mum was dx with Ovarian at 38 ...unfortunatley it was too late and she passed away at 42.

    I just would like to pose something... if I had an inherited gene... would the b/c have similar charactristics and behaviour to that of my grand mother.... there was no hormonal treatment then... so maybe she was trip neg ...

    Has anyone been genetically verified ...with the same outcomes...I dont know ...I am trying to think of why my grandmother could out live two dx with no treatment save for radical surgery ...

    Sorry if I am confusing .... xxx

    Maybe in my chemo haze I am searching for guarantees...

    What of the early days when ladies actually survived without therapy ...with possible trip neg tumours ??

    I asked my ONKY in teargul fits at times what he thinks... he tells me I

    have
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