Forum Discussion
My Mum had BC at 54, my dads sister (i.e. my paternal Aunt) in her mid to late 40's, and my Dad's grandmother (i.e. my Paternal great grandmother), not sure what age and my Dad has prostate cancer (my oncologist said this counts because it is the male equivilant of ovarian cancer, which BRCA also causes), so I have4 member of my family with related cancers 3 on one side and 1 on the other and I got BC at age 40.
I have a LOT of other cancers in my family including cervial (in Mum and stage 3 dysplasia in sister, that recurred in 3 months, requiring her to have a hysterectomy at age 33), skin, Bowel Cancer - (cancerous bowel polyps - not sure if counted as Bowel cancer, but guess it is), parotid cancer including lymph node involvement, lymphoma (various kinds), internal melonoma (not the skin cancer kind but a VERY VERY rare internal kind) etc and that is just in 1st and 2nd degree relatives (i.e parents, siblings, grand parents and real Aunts and Uncles (Mum's or Dad's brothers and sisters)).
I sure hope that I qualify for the BRCA testing becasue I have decided that if I am positive I am going to have my ovaries out (don't need them ? and there are NO symptoms of them turning cancerous (or none I would pick up becasue I have IBS and the sympotms are so vague)).