This depends on your family and personal history of cancer. Hereditary "red flags" would be: early onset breast cancer; constellations of cancer, e.g., breast and ovarian cancer in the same family or especially in the same woman; male breast cancer; "too much" breast cancer" on the same side of the family; pancreatic cancer; and Ashkenazi Jewish ancestry. You could try our MyGenerations program to see how your own family history fits in.
This depends on your family and personal history of cancer.
Hereditary "red flags" would be: early onset breast cancer;
constellations of cancer, e.g., breast and ovarian cancer in the
same family or especially in the same woman; male breast...
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NorthShore University HealthSystem answered:This depends on your family and personal history of cancer. Hereditary "red flags" would be: early onset breast cancer; constellations of cancer, e.g., breast and ovarian cancer in the same family or especially in the same woman; male breast cancer; "too much" breast cancer" on the same side of the family; pancreatic cancer; and Ashkenazi Jewish ancestry. You could try our MyGenerations program to see how your own family history fits in.
