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Mother died of BREAST CANCER. Genetic chances of cancer?

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My mother died of breast cancer aged 89. A lump was only found 5 months before she died, she may have had a lump for some time. Her health was in decline and a doctor found the lump in a routine check when she developed Shingles. There is no other cases of breast cancer in our family and she has lived longer than anyone else in our family. What are the genetic chances of me developing breast cancer?

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Hello,
Thank you for your query at Doctorspring.com
I understand your concern.
It is quite complex to predict about the chances. Because in most cases there are multiple factors operating along with the genetic predisposition such as obesity, usage of OCPs, multiple pregnancies, e.t.c
It also depends on couple of genes known as BRCA-1 and BRCA-2. Women with positive BRCA genes have slightly more chances of developing CA breast ( 20-25 % ).
Excluding all other factors, the likelihood of a woman developing breast ca with a positive family history in her lifetime would be between 5-15 %.
Please do not worry, those who are gentically predisposed, hypothetically if your mother was, then she should have developed the carcinoma way before the age of 89. So in her case, there must be a combination of multiple factors. So it doesn't put you on any additional risk.
Hope this was helpful,
Regards.


Dr. Jaydeep Tripathy
Category: HIV- AIDS Specialist
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MBBS from Sri Ramachandra University in December 2011
M.Med (Family Medicine) - TNMGR University, Chennai
MBA-MPH in Public Health in March 2016, SRM University
Finished AFIH in March 2016, SRM University
MRCP ( UK ), Internal Medicine, Royal College of Physicians, June 2016
Fellowship in Diabetology from Martin Luther University in January 2017

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