European Jewish ancestry & breast cancer

Hi Em

Yes, me too. I am 29 and was diagnosed with stage three breast cancer in November last year - it came as a complete shock given my age & no family history of breast cancer.

I met with the genetics counsellor last week & they were very interested in my maternal grandmother who is an Ashkenazi Jew - her lineage is Polish/Russian. I'll find out my results in a few months (apparently there is a big back log of testing). The geneticist did say that there is still only a 1 in 5 chance of having the BRCA1 or BRCA2 gene but he still thought it was worth investigating & it might give me some answers :)

All the best, I hope you receive some positive news xx