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1:8 women will develop breast cancer.1
1:1000
men will develop breast cancer.1
of these are hereditary cancers.2
Breast cancer is due to abnormal cells in the breast that grow out of control. Sometimes this can cause a lump in the breast tissue (though not all breast lumps are cancerous). Sometimes there are no symptoms, and cancer is found during a screening mammogram.
Learn more about the signs and symptoms of breast cancer from American Cancer Society.
Risk factors for inherited breast cancer include:
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