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| 5/5/2011 | My father had prostate cancer, his brother had prostate cancer (both in later years of thier life. His sister and her daughter had breast cancer. Other than that - no other relatives on either side ever had any kind of cancer. Is that considered a family history? Thanks. | ||
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| 5/5/2011 | certainly sister and her daughter is significant enough family history to consider family to get genetics evaluation/consultation. Given both men got prostate cancer late in life it would not be considered a risk factor for breast. however when we see men in their 50s diagnosed along with other relatives on the same side of the family diagnosed with breast cancer, that is a flag that genetics may be at work. | ||
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