Is breast caner genetitary? Can you get it if nobody else in your faimliy has it?

Answer 1

you mean hereditary? You could get it if nobody in your family does, but it's MUCH more likely if one or both parents get it. Men can get it too.

Answer 2

Yes, breast cancer is hereditary. That doesn't mean you are safe from breast cancer if no one in your family has ever had it though. Even men can get breast cancer (although that's not very common compared to women). There are quite a few risk factors that are outside of genetics:

your age
the age you have your first child
early menstruation
late menopause
weight
heritage/race

but even if you have a low risk factor, around 70% of the cases of women with breast cancer have no known cause and no family history.

Answer 3

Supposedly, you have a higher chance of breast cancer if there is a history in your family. Even though I'm only 19, my doctor tells me since my aunt died from it, it's best to start examining early by myself and with a mammogram. And yes, you can get it , even if no one in your family's had it cause' cancer's a genetic (I don't mean your family genetics, that mutation of the formation of cells of YOUR body. Don't worry though, breast cancer death rates has decreased because awareness has increased. You also increase chances of breast cancer if you eat red meat too, but that doesn't mean anything, I've read articles where health nuts ended up getting breast cancer too..

Answer 4

It has a genetic component. If your mother got it, you are more likely to get it, so should do breast self-examination etc.

You can also get it if no-one else in your family has had it.
If you find a lump, get it checked out asap. Sooner it's treated, the better chance of a full recovery.

Many lumps are not cancer, but you don't know until you see a doctor about it.

Answer 5

1) yes, breast cancer can be herditary.
in that if you mom or grandmom had it... their IS a 'chance' you can get it.

BUT
2) NO one in your family can have it AND
you still 'can' get it.

The burden of breast cancer is increasing in both developed and developing countries, and in many of the regions of the world, it is now the most frequently occurring malignant disease in women.

Each year the disease is diagnosed in over one million women worldwide and is the cause of death in over 400,000 women.

Breast cancer can occur in men, although the incidence is much lower, amounting to around 1% of all breast cancers.

Overall the incidence of breast cancer rises with age, increasing rapidly during the fourth decade of life and continuing to increase thereafter, but more slowly in the fifth, sixth and seventh decades.

In the USA, 75% of new diagnoses of breast cancer are in women aged 50 years or older, and the lifetime risk of a diagnosis of breast cancer is approximately 12.5%.

The incidence rates for breast cancer are similar in North America and the majority of other western industrialized countries.

In Japan and other Far Eastern countries, however, absolute incidence rates are lower for each age band and overall Japanese women are five times less likely to develop breast cancer than American women.

However, Japanese immigrants to the USA have been shown to lose this advantage within 1–2 generations, which suggests that environmental factors play a role in developing the disease. Furthermore, the risk advantage demonstrated by native Japanese women may be dissipating; with the incidence of breast cancer in Japan doubling between 1960 and 1985. This change may reflect the increasing adoption of Western lifestyles in Japan over the last 50 years.

Ethnicity also plays a role in the risk of developing breast cancer. Although breast cancer remains the leading cancer in black women in the USA, overall they have an incidence rate nearly 20% lower than that of American white women.

Answer 6

You are more likely to get it if your mother, grandmother, sisters, etc, have had it. You can get it even if no one else in your family has had it.
Certain things lower your risk of getting it. Do a search engine search for "breast cancer risk". They are things like whether you take birth control, whether you've had children and what age you had them, what age your period began for the first time, etc.

Answer 7

There are different types of breast cancer, some are genetic. But you can still get it if no one else in your family ever got it.

There are certain tests you can have now, if it is very common in your family, that can tell if you carry the breast cancer gene.

Answer 8

Like many diseases, breast cancer is partially genetic, partially environmental. You can get it if no one in your family has ever had it, but you are much more likely to get it if you have the "BRCA" gene. You are also more likely to get it if you drink a lot of alcohol, don't exercise much, etc.

Answer 9

I think breast cancer is hereiditary. It can make your chances of getting it higher if your ancestors had it.
But you can also get it if no one in your family had it.

Answer 10

im sure theres a way to get it if no one else in your family has it. but i do know that it can be passed along in your family. both sides of my family have it therefore the chances of me getting it are extremely high...