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17 Deadly Rumors About Breast Cancer
Paternal Relatives
Paternal Relatives
Myth: Your father's family history
doesn't matter when it comes to breast cancer.
Buster: It's important to look at the
breast cancer history on both sides of your family tree. Your cancer risk is
influenced by both your mother's and father's family history, as well as the
genes you inherited from them.
By Katherine Solem. Published October 12, 2010. Katherine Solem is a health writer and editor living in San Francisco.
