| Cancer involves mutations, or changes, in
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| | cancer. What other types of cancer are
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| genes. In most people affected by
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| | present. What other family members have
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| cancer, these genetic changes happen
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| | had cancer and their relationship to you.
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| after birth later in life. In Hereditary
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| | When you meet with a genetic counselor,
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| Cancer, the cancer is caused by a genetic
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| | they will go over your family's medical
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| mutation that the person was born with.
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| | history and information. This will
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| Some cancers, such as breast, ovary and
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| | include first-degree relatives, such as
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| colon tend to be hereditary, but that
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| | your parents, siblings and children.
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| doesn't mean that you will develop a
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| | second-degree relatives like
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| cancer in one of these areas if you have
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| | grandparents, aunts and uncles and your
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| an immediate family member that has
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| | third-degree relatives or cousins.Genetic
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| experienced the disease. Not all genetic
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| | testing can help a breast cancer patient
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| mutations will develop into cancer,
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| | make decisions about types of treatment
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| however, the mutation will increase the
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| | and follow-care. A woman with the one of
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| chance that the person will have a higher
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| | the BRCA mutations may decide to have
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| risk of developing cancer.Only 10% of all
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| | both breasts removed completely to help
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| breast cancer cases are thought to be
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| | reduce the risk of reoccurrence. Having
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| hereditary. Some of the factors that
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| | your healthy breasts or ovaries removed
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| increase the occurrence of hereditary
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| | to prevent cancer is called a
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| breast cancer are breast cancer before
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| | "prophylactic surgery" and many women who
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| age 45, male breast cancer, cancer in
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| | test positive for the genetic mutations
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| both breasts and many cases of breast and
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| | decide to go that route. They may just
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| or ovarian cancer on one side of the
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| | decide to take Tamoxifen to lower their
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| family. If you have two relatives from
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| | risk.Not only can women take advantage of
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| the same side of your family with breast
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| | risk reduction techniques based on the
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| cancer, your risk of getting the disease
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| | results of their genetic testing, there
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| can be increased. However it does not
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| | are also increased surveillance tools
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| mean that you will definitely get breast
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| | that can help high risk individuals with
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| cancer. You also must keep in mind that
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| | early detection. Magnetic Resonance
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| the risk for hereditary cancer can be
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| | Imaging (MRI) and ultrasound are two
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| passed on from your mother or your
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| | tools that can be combined with a
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| father. You must look at both sides of
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| | mammogram to detect breast cancer in its
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| the family.The two hereditary mutations
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| | most treatable stage.Not every person who
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| that are looked at for breast cancer are
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| | carries a genetic mutation will develop
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| BRCA1 and BRCA2. The test for these two
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| | cancer. You must remember that genetic
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| genetic factors are done by taking a
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| | testing does not detect breast cancer and
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| blood sample. Both of these BRCA
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| | it will not tell you if you will get
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| mutations (BReast CAncer 1 and 2) are
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| | breast cancer in your lifetime. The
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| associated with breast and ovarian
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| | decision to participate in genetic
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| cancers.So what factors should you
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| | testing is very personal and there is no
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| consider when thinking about genetic
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| | right or wrong choice in making the
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| testing? The age and onset of breast
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| | decision to have it done.
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