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- Breast Cancer and other Cancers -
Cancer of the Breast
Breast cancer is one of the most common malignancies. Despite the fact that it seems to be detectable early compared to other types of cancer, the clinical course over the last half a century has improved only modestly. One major development, which changed the course of many diseases, is the recent progress in understanding the genetic link of many of them. There are a respectable number of inherited predispositions where the changes in the genetic material were identified. However, a large group of other diseases very likely have also genetic ties but they were simply not proven yet.
Breast cancer is believed to have a genetic basis. According to the current estimates, 10% to 15% of breast cancer patients have a family history of the disease. In some ethnic groups, like Ashkenasi Jews, women with two or more relatives who suffered breast cancer have more than 70% risk of developing the disease. Women in the general population under similar circumstances have over 50% risk to develop the disease.
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