Hello, my Aunt (my father's first maternal cousin, ie my grandmother's sister's daughter - I'm sorry she got so confused) died recently from breast cancer. What is the probability that I will get cancer too? And besides the hereditary factor, what are the other causes of the disease? I am 15. As far as I know, there have been no other cancer patients in our family.
1 creammycam answered
23%, or 4%. Or 62%. Or 3%. Abe girl, first of all we are not doctors and secondly - there is a lineage, but this does not mean that you have a genetic disease. In addition, if you smoke (for example) you have a much higher chance of lung cancer than if you do not smoke. As well as if you drink - for cancer of the liver and pancreas. If you pick moles - for skin cancer. If you sleep indiscriminately with this and that and catch HPV - for uterine cancer. If ... Well, watch your lessons!