Go to the website http://www.cancer.gov and select 'Cancer Types'...

Question

Go to the website http://www.cancer.gov and select 'Cancer Types' on the top menu bar. Scroll down to 'Breast Cancer' and click. Select 'Cases & Prevention' from the options. Click 'More information' and select 'BRCA Mutations: Cancer Risk and Genetic Testing'. Use the information on this page to answer the following questions.

What features of family history increase the likelihood that a woman will have a harmful mutation of BRCA1 or BRCA2?

Accepted Answer

Hi, everybody. Let's look at our next question. It says breast cancer is more common in men with BRC A one or Babrc A two mutations than in other men. Men with BRC A mutations are also at an increased risk of developing which of the following cancers. A colorectal cancer. B, adenocarcinoma, C prostate cancer or D all of these. So we often focus on the risk to women who have these BRC A mutations as they're at increased risk of developing breast or ovarian cancers. But these mutations affect men's cancer risks as well. They're at an increased risk of developing breast cancer and they're also an increased risk of choice C prostate cancer, colorectal cancer and adenocarcinoma. Choice A and B are not cancers that um have higher risk based on BRC A mutations. So they're not correct and therefore choice. D all of these is not. So for men with BRC A mutations, along with an increased risk of breast cancer, they also have an increased risk of choice C prostate cancer. See you in the next video.

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