CDC: What Causes Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancers

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KEY POINTS Hereditary breast and ovarian cancer About 5% to 10% of breast cancers and 10% to 15% of ovarian cancers are hereditary. Hereditary cancer means cancer runs in your family. It could be caused by a change in certain genes that you inherited from your mother or father. Genes act as instructions and contain […]