what are my risks of getting ovarian cancer ?
Sarah A asked:
hey guyz.. my grandmother from my mother’s side had ovarian cancer and died after 2 years of her diagnosis because it was very aggressive .. i wanna.. i dnt have any other family member with ovarian or ****** cancer. I wanna know am i at a high risk of getting it ?
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hey guyz.. my grandmother from my mother’s side had ovarian cancer and died after 2 years of her diagnosis because it was very aggressive .. i wanna.. i dnt have any other family member with ovarian or ****** cancer. I wanna know am i at a high risk of getting it ?
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Since there is a family history, you are at risk for it. Make sure you go to your yearly exams…and follow up with your doctor if you feel any changes in that area. Just because you have family history, doesn’t necissarily mean you are going to get it. You just have to be careful with your lifestyle…stay away from smoking, eat right, and take care of yourself…somethings you just can’t prevent, but try to take precautions.
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As with all types of cancer, hereditary ovarian cancer is rare.
Only 5% of ovarian cancers are hereditary, caused by an inherited faulty gene.
A higher than average risk of ovarian cancer would mean having two or more relatives on the same side of the family diagnosed with ovarian cancer or ****** cancer at a young age.
So if your grandmother’s was the only case in your family history, you wouldn’t appear to be at any increased risk.
Also, you don’t say at what age your grandmother was diagnosed, but cancer diagnosed after the age of 50 is less likely to be hereditary.
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If cancer runs in your family, you are automatically assumed to have a higher risk. That does not mean you will get it. For example, my grandmother died of lung cancer, but I have thyroid cancer – of course, she smoked for like 50 years heavily, so I’m sure that’s the major reason she got lung cancer.
You should get your regular womanly check ups, and tell your doctor of your history so they can really check out your ovaries during the digital exam. Other than that, I wouldn’t worry too much. There isn’t anything you can do to change your genes, so why stress yourself out?
I WOULD try to make some positive lifestyle changes if you have cancer in your family though. Exercise every day, eat well (lots of fresh fruits and vegis and whole grains really help prevent cancer) and avoid things like smoking or drinking too much.
Good luck
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You are not at a higher risk than anyone else based on this alone. Although it is true cancer of any kind is rarely hereditary and in those cases where it is it does not mean you will get cancer, but it is a risk factor of its own. A family history is a separate risk factor all together, as is your age, how old you were when you started having periods and went through menopause, if you had children and how old you were when you did, etc., etc.
For a family history to be considered a risk factor you need at least two first or second degree family members with ovarian or ****** cancer and the risk is higher if they are first degree family members or if one or more is a male diagnosed with ****** cancer.
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actually not really. I had stage 4 ovarian cancer, and no one in my family had it or ****** cancer. The doctor told me that most of my cancer was probably “enviormental” but also, my grandpa (mom’s dad) had colon cancer and the doctor said it probably came from that. “if you have a grandparent that had colon cancer, you have a great risk of passing a female cancer…ovarian, breast, cervicle to a grandchild”
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Sorry for your loss, we women are all at risk please get your checks every year. I lost my sister this April and we had no history of ovarian cancer in our family.
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Not really. Check out the link in source for better explanation about cancers and their symptoms, causes, etc. So dont sweat it, and take care of your body.