Cancer in the family: increased risk?
Facing a cancer is not easy. Normally, most of breast cancers are sporadic, so in case only a member of your family has been affected and he/she is more than 50 years old, it’s unlikely to be of hereditary causes. As a matter of fact, only between 5 and 10% of cancers are. We all remember the decision made by Angelina Jolie who chose to undergo a preventive bilateral mastectomy surgery. But this doesn’t mean we need to make such a drastic decision, since this kind of surgery is only recommended in case of very high risk, as it...
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