Sandra is a 30-year-old woman. Ate medical images and blood tests, Sandra's mother has just been diagnosed with breast cancer. Her mother's mother died of breast cancer several years ago Should Sandra be concerned that she might be at higher risk for breast cancer h Yes. Some forms of breast cancer have been linked to a gene mutation which she may have inherited from her mother's side of the
O No. The causes of breast cancer have not been completely identified so she is probably at no greater than any other woman in the population
O No Detection of and treatments for breast cancer have improved so dramatically in recent years that is unlikely she would develop breast cancer herself?
Yes. While there does not seem to be a genetic link with breast cancer, she has been exposed to the same environmental factors as the rest of her familyi