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Do Breast Cancer Genes Guarantee Cancer?
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A study that combined 9,856 women from the United States, Europe, Australia, New Zealand, and Canada provided definitive findings as they all had either one or the other BRCA gene.
- From the beginning around 4,800 of them had either breast cancer or ovarian cancer before the study began.
- Around 5,000 of the women did not have either type of cancer.
- They followed these women for the next five years to document the cases of cancer as they occurred or did not.
- The ages of the women ranged from less than 20 years of age to more than 70 years of age.
- The group that had BRCA1 had a 72 percent risk of getting breast cancer by 80 years of age.
- The group that had BRCA2 were 69 percent more likely to get breast cancer by 80 years of age.
- Women who had BRCA1 genes found their chances of getting cancer from 30 to 40 leveled off.
- Those with BRCA2 genes leveled off from getting cancer from 40 to 50.
- Chances for younger women to develop ovarian cancer was low but it rose among women who were in their 40s and 50s.
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If you have female relatives who have contracted breast cancer make sure that you get checked out as soon as you can so you can take steps to control your chances of getting it.
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