Username:    Password:      Remember me       

Cancer Forums

A website for discussions about any type of cancer, including lung cancer, breast cancer, prostate cancer, laryngeal cancer, leukemia, lymphoma, multiple myeloma and others

SearchSearch   DigestsEmail Digests     Register to postRegister to post   ProfileProfile   Check private messagesCheck private messages   Log inLog in 
Hereditary Breast Cancer What is this ?

 
Post new topic   Reply to topic    Cancer Forums Forum Index -> Breast Cancer Forum


Author
jacobintl
New User


Joined: 07 Jul 2009
Posts: 2
PostPosted: Tue Jul 07, 2009 5:41 am    Post subject: Hereditary Breast Cancer Reply with quote
Now Breast cancer has become a common disease. Each year, approximately 150,000 women in the United States are diagnosed with breast cancer, and one in nine American women will develop breast cancer in her lifetime.

But hereditary breast cancer is mainly caused by a mutant gene passed from parents to their children. It is quite rare. Estimates of the incidence of hereditary breast cancer range from between 5 to 10 percent to as many as 27 percent of all breast cancers.

When individuals carry a mutated form of either BRCA1 or BRCA2, they have an increased risk of developing breast or ovarian cancer at some point in their lives. Children of parents with a BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutation have a 50 percent chance of inheriting the gene mutation.

LINK DELETED PER FORUM POSTING POLICIES -- PLEASE REVIEW.
Back to top
Vee Smith
Moderator


Joined: 12 Feb 2006
Posts: 1079
Location: UK
PostPosted: Wed Jul 08, 2009 6:48 am    Post subject: Re: Hereditary Breast Cancer Reply with quote
Thank you - this is well-recognised and much discussed.

Do you have personal experience of the situation?
Back to top
jacobintl
New User


Joined: 07 Jul 2009
Posts: 2
PostPosted: Wed Jul 08, 2009 7:05 am    Post subject: Re: Hereditary Breast Cancer Reply with quote
No sorry
I don't have personal experience of the situation.

Thanks
Back to top


Display posts from previous:   
Post new topic   Reply to topic    Cancer Forums Forum Index -> Breast Cancer Forum All times are GMT - 5 Hours
Page 1 of 1

 
Jump to:  
You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot vote in polls in this forum



About
E-mail webmaster
Terms, conditions and privacy policy		 We subscribe to the HONcode principles of the HON Foundation. Click to verify. We subscribe to the HONcode principles. Verify here. All content and posts are copyright.
Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2002 phpBB Group

Anti Bot Question MOD - phpBB MOD against Spam Bots
Blocked registrations: 30199