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It is necessary that if my Mom had Breast Cancer then at certain age I can also get diagnosed? Please advice me.
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Not necessarily all breast cancer are genetic. Most of them are due to life style related or due to hormonal imbalance. Still you should do breast self examination on monthly basis five days after periods are completed and after forty or may be earlier you can go for annual mammography.
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