Breast+and+Ovarian+Cancer-+Carolina+S.

Breast and Ovarian Cancer **Description: **When the mechanisms that regulate cell growth stop working, this cancer develops in the cells of breast or ovarian.

**Inheritance: **This is inherited with either BRCA1 or BRCA2 gene. They are inherited in an autosomal dominant pattern. Only one copy of the mutated gene should be inherited by a child to have an increase in risk of cancer. There is a 50% chance of inheriting the mutation to kids who have a parent with BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutation. **Pedigree Chart: **

**Symptoms: **There aren’t any symptoms that you can see or feel. To find out if you have this disease, you can either analyze blood and a doctor can tell you if you’ve inherited any of the genes, or you can see the record of your family history to see who in your family has had it and check if you’ll get it passed down to you.

**Diagnosis: **It is diagnosed from a strong family history. If you get a gene from that cancer that was passed on from a family member, then you’ll have a great risk of having that cancer. **Treatment: **People go under a special treatment to protect themselves from the cancer. They can either: -Have one or both of their breasts removed with the ovaries. -Take Tamoxifen(medicine) **Interesting Facts: ** media type="custom" key="9657306" **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 115%;">Support Groups: ** <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">-National Breast Cancer Support Group <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">-American Cancer Society
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 115%;">Sources: **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px; line-height: 115%;">http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/disorders/whataregd/brca/index.html
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