National Hereditary Breast and Ovarian CA Week Sept.29 thru Oct.5

In honor of National Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer Week, our last Teal Challenge Tuesday is all about the connections between breast and ovarian cancer. Challenge your friends and family to learn and share the facts about these two diseases and how they relate.

                                                                                Our Mother-ovca

                                              Sister Beth-breast ca                             Sister Jan-breast ca
                                                                      
                                                                                 Me-ovca

                                                                                    
                                                                               Common denominator-
                                                                         BRCA 1 gene mutation positive


Lifetime risk of ovarian cancer for BRCA1 carriers is estimated at 35 to 70 percent.
Compare that to an average woman, the lifetime risk of ovarian cancer is about 1.5 percent.

Women who carry a BRCA1 gene mutation have a 50 to 70 percent chance of developing breast cancer by age 70.
Women in the general population have about an eight percent chance of developing breast cancer by age 70.

These are real numbers. This matters.

Do you have a family history of these cancers in your family?
If you do, you need to tell your doctor.
You must be pro-active and take charge of your own health.
Forewarned is forearmed.

Read more here.
Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer Week

Have a great day everyone!
Love,
Dixie