May 19th, 2008 9:30 AM Eastern
Male, Female Cancers May Stem From One Gene
by Jessica Doyle
Australian researchers say the same gene that puts women at a high risk for breast cancer also may give men a heightened risk for prostate cancer.
Men from families where the women have high rates of breast cancer are about four times more likely to develop prostate cancer, according to research funded by Australia’s National Breast Cancer Foundation and conducted by kConFab, an Australian and New Zealand consortium for research into familial breast cancer.
Tags: Australia's National Breast Cancer Foundation, breast cancer, gene, kConFab, men, prostate, prostate cancer, women
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Whoop-dee-doo. This is old information. It’s been “common knowledge” since my diagnosis back in “96 that there was a distinct correlation between breast cancer in the mothers/sisters and prostate cancer in the sons/brothers.
Guess news travels slowly to Australia…
HI,
YOU MAY HAVE IT BACKWARDS, MY DAD DIED FROM PROSTATE CANCER, HIS BROTHER DIED FROM PROSTATE CANCER HIS DAD MAY HAVE DIED FROM PROSTATE CANCER MY BROTHER HAS A HIGH COUNT. I GOT BREAST CANCER WHERE THERE WAS NONE IN THE WOMAN OF THE FAMILY. I AM THE FIRST AND HAVE BEEN WONDERING ABOUT THAT FOR A LONG TIME… SO MAYBE IT’S BOTH WAYS.. PROSTATE CANCER TO BREAST AND BREAST TO PROSTATE.. I BELIEVE IT’S TRUE
MY FATHER AND HIS FATHER BOTH DIED FROM PROSTRATE CANCER, MY SISTER AGE 40, HAD
A MAMMOGRAM (FOUND PENCIL ERASER SIZE LUMP DEEP IN RIGHT BREAST), NO BREAST
CANCER IN THE WOMEN IN OUR FAMILY BOTH SIDES, DO I NEED TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT
THE SITUATION? COINCIDENCE? THANYOU