Breast and ovarian cancer-related links

Swedish experts recently warned that, for those who have breast or ovarian cancer family history of the young women, if he has been diagnosed with breast cancer, then their risk of suffering from ovarian cancer will be significantly increased by 10 times. So even the experts recommended that some breast cancer patients may be necessary to use with ovarian cancer such as prevention with the preventive measures. Karolinska Institute Kjell Bergfeldt, such as medical doctor in his study in the analysis and comparison of the more than 30,000 cases of breast cancer patients under the age of 70 the medical records, and their immediate families are also suffering from breast cancer in ovarian cancer or conduct the survey. The results showed that, if his mother, sister or daughter of someone with breast cancer or ovarian cancer, while those in the age of 40 before being diagnosed with breast cancer in women in the 70-year-old former suffering from ovarian cancer risk of a corresponding increase six-fold and 17 Times. Relevant experts believe that the discovery confirmed the existence of these two types of cancer among some related links. Previous studies have also noted that carrying the BRCA1 or BRCA2 gene mutations in breast cancer patients in about 40 percent of the people will be suffering from ovarian cancer.