"J" <
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> Mike wrote:
>
> > Father - larynx cancer caused by smoking Sister -
> > ovarian cancer Grandmother from mother side - breast
> > cancer
> >
> > I'm 26/male/caucasian/weight is OK/no smoking/a glass
> > of wine
daily/pretty
> > healthy food - a lot vegs,fruit,fish ,not too much
> > meat/never seriously
sick
> >
> > is probability of getting cancer high in my case? should
> > I check myself regulary with cancer markers?
> >
> > Mike
>
> life and aging is a risk for cancer(s) However, you may
> want to search (the internet) on how to examine yourself
for
> male breast cancer and later in life, ask your doctor how
> early you should get a DRE (digital-rectal) and/or
> PSA.(prostate)
http://www.nci.nih.gov/cancerinfo/pdq/genetics/breast-
> and-ovarian J
>
At our last meeting of our cancer support group they had a
genetic counceler come and give is a talk. It was very
interesting She could map the chances of a family members
chance of getting cancer. And I think she said a lot of
insurances cover this type of testing now.
As a survivor of ovarian cancer I think I would be
interested in knowing if I have the gene mutation that
predisposed me to this. I might get this done in the future.
Here I did a search on webmd for genetic counseling cancer
http://my.webmd.com/search/search_results?query=genetic+cou-
nseling+cancer&fi lter=mywebmd_all_filter