Hereditary Breast Cancer

How common is breast cancer?

About...

1:8 women will develop breast cancer.¹

1:1000
men will develop breast cancer.¹

of these are hereditary cancers.²

What is breast cancer?

Breast cancer is due to abnormal cells in the breast that grow out of control. Sometimes this can cause a lump in the breast tissue (though not all breast lumps are cancerous). Sometimes there are no symptoms, and cancer is found during a screening mammogram.

 

Learn more about the signs and symptoms of breast cancer from American Cancer Society.

 

Could I have an increased risk for breast cancer?

Risk factors for inherited breast cancer include:

• Family history of young breast cancer diagnoses (under age 50)
• Multiple family members with breast cancer
• Multiple primary breast cancer diagnoses
• A family history of pancreatic, ovarian or prostate cancer (especially if it is the rare, more aggressive type, with a Gleason score of 7+)
• Families with Ashkenazi Jewish ancestry (eastern European)
• There is a known gene mutation in your family

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