my mom had breast cancer when she was younger. i am now 18. what are the chances of me getting it. also, i seem to be sick constantly, maybe due to a low ability to fight illness?
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Breast Cancer is not always about Genetics. I for instance got breast cancer all on my own, with no help from my Father's Breast Cancer, His Mother, Her Mother, and my Mother and her Sister! If you want to find out where you stand, take the Genetic Blood Test. Simple Blood test, will tell you what your chances are and if you carry the gene from either one of your parents.
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I seen a cancer cure. heat maple syrup at a lot temp with 1/3 baking soda for about 10 min and take 3 times a day. The cancer cells eat the sugar and take in the soda with it. the soda kills the cancer.
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The chance that any women will get breast cancer is not good. One in eight will get it in their lifetimes, so that is why it is so important to do self-examinations. (No need to until over 35.)
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This depends if your mother's breast cancer was the related to a inheritable genetic trait (fewer than 10% are). If it was, you have a 50% chance of having inherited a higher risk. Talk to your Dr and they will probably suggest you have annual breast checks by your Dr and a baseline imaging (mammogram, ultrasound, MRI, depending on age etc) starting 10 years younger than the age your mother was when first diagnosed. Don't let this rule your life. Over 90% of breast cancers are just due to factors unrelated to family. Your general health is of more concern and it sounds like your immune system is in poor condition. This is usually related to poor general nutrition but see your Dr and get it checked.
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I would talk to a doctor...I would also check out the susan komen foundation as they have raised billions in creating awareness for breast cancer only. I know only 20% of the billions of dollars they get goes to finding a cure, but at least by creating awareness they can continue to raise more and more money. fyi women over 50 get breast cancer less then 1% of men get breast cancer children are not affected by breast cancer.
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Hereditary breast cancer is rare; only 5- 10% of all breast cancer cases are hereditary, and those are due to a rare inherited faulty gene. If your mother's cancer was due to one of the rare genes known to be responsible for hereditary breast cancer, you have a 50% chance of having inherited that gene. Inheriting the gene would not mean you would definitely develop breast cancer; it would mean you had a 50 - 80% chance of developing it by the age of 75 - 80. If, like 90-95% of breast cancer cases, your mother's cancer was not due to one of the BRCA genes, then you are at no known increased risk for breast cancer. As the daughter of a woman who had breast cancer, you will be treated as at increased risk simply as a precaution; all that means is that your routine mammograms will begin when you are 10 years younger than your mother was at diagnosis. Being sick often has nothing to do with your likelihood of developing cancer.
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