How Common is Hereditary Breast & Ovarian Cancer?
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Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer is a genetic condition that is inherited. This means that the cancer risk is passed from generation to generation in a family.
Two genes are associated with the majority of HBOC: BRCA1 and BRCA2 (BRCA stands for BReast CAncer).
Blood tests now include many of these genes in a single, multigene test. A mutation (alteration) in either BRCA1 or BRCA2 gives a woman an increased lifetime risk of developing breast and ovarian cancer.
Men with these gene mutations also have an increased risk of breast cancer and prostate cancer.
Not all families with multiple cases of breast and ovarian cancer have mutations in BRCA1 or BRCA2. But how common is it?
SHARE’s Dr. Stephanie Blank explains how common HBOC is in breast cancer patients.
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