I think there are quite a few medical conditions which predispose people to various cancers, including breast cancer. I have (at last count), four autoimmune diseases, all connective tissue disorders. For the one, scleroderma, there are figures that put the overall risk of cancer developing, at as much as 4.7 times (not percent) as the general population, with age, gender etc all taken into account. The two which I have to be especially concerned about are breast and lung cancer. Well I've had the breast so far... There is much research debate as to whether an abnormal immune system allows single cancer cells to multiply, rather than being killed off by our body's healthy immune system, or if the cancer comes first and triggers an over enthusiastic immune response, and thus a hyper immune response which causes the body to attack itself. The old chicken or the egg situation. Someone like the Garvan Institute might give you some leads in regards to your situation.