I thought I'd go back over some of my lot and see what new records I could find , quite surprised to find death certs for a brother in 1921 and his sister in 1938 both dying of breast cancer? seeing as its rare for men seems very strange.
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No, I got that the wrong way round - it's BRCA-2 which is inherited and if a man has BRCA-2 and develops breast cancer, his sisters are 30% more likely to get breast cancer than if either their sister or their mother has breast cancer.
But breast cancer in men can also be caused (or triggered) by alcoholism, obesity, exposure to radiation or exposure to oestrogen. It doesn't normally develop in men until they are in their 60s. That type of breast cancer isn't the hereditary type.
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My Brother ran a business and his wife had breast cancer for the second time and sadly passed away, next door to his vehicle repair business were two men running a car repair business and both men had met in Hospital both had breast cancer, this was the first time we both had ever heard of men with breast cancer, it was never heard of, this was about ten years ago.
Edna
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