breast cancer question?? I'm 16?
ok so my grandmother had breast cancer 40 years ago and she was cured....my mom's cousin from her dad side has breast cancer too and we found out before 2 days...I'm 16 and i've got the normal lumps...they are in the same positions in both of the breasts..are these the tissues due to the sex hormones reminding you that i just got my period 2 years ago...i heard that its ok if one breast is a littttle bigger than the other....is it true?? i dont have the other symptoms of the cancer
my mom doesnt have it....its just my great grand mom 40 years ago.....and the cozin in from my gradfather's side...
First, hereditary breast cancer is very rare - only 5 - 10% of breast cancer cases are due to hereditary factors.
A sign that points to a hereditary cancer is several members of the same family having had the same type of cancer; from what you say there has been only one case of breast cancer on each side of your family, suggesting that the cancers were random, like 90+% of breast cancers, and no genetic factor is involved.
You would only be at increased risk if your g/grandmother's breast cancer was due to one of the rare faulty genes responsible for hereditary breast cancer, and she had passed it to her child (50% chance), who in turn had passed it on to their child (your parent) - again a 50% chance. You would then have a 50% chance of inheriting the gene.
But as you don't have a grand parent or a parent who has had breast cancer, this seems very unlikely.
The fact that your mother's cousin has it is irrelevant to your breast cancer risk; it is immediate family members that count.
So you are almost certainly at no increased risk of breast cancer.
Secondly - at 16 your chances of having breast cancer are very, very close to zero; it's mainly a disease of ageing - 80% of those diagnosed are over 50, it's rare in women under 40 and almost unheard of in under 20s.
Most breast lumps, even in women over 50, are not cancerous. Your breasts are still growing and developing, and what you describe is perfectly normal, especially as it is the same in both breasts.
The American Cancer Society and other cancer organisations recommend that women begin regular breast self-examination at the age of 20.
It's very normal to have one breast slightly larger than the other.
Please stop worrying about breast cancer and enjoy your life
**EDIT** :Have I understood you correctly? - it was your GREAT grandmother who had breast cancer 40 years ago (so probably in her late 40s or 50s), and a second cousin unrelated to your great grandmother is the one who has breast cancer now? That is what I undestood from your additional information, and it was on that that I based the part of my answer relating to hereditary breast cancer.
I feel some other answerers have a different impression, and I apologise if I have misunderstood.
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