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Does breast cancer increase colon cancer risk?
11 doctors weighed in across 3 answers
Rarely.: Some hereditary mutations may increase the risk of both breast and colon cancer. Nevertheless, the majority of all breast and colon cancers are not hereditary.
Answered 7/27/2018
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No, unless...: If there is no other significant risk factors that indicate possibility of having a particular genetical abnormality i.e. Lynch syndrome- such as- young age of cancer diagnosis or family history of breast cancer or other cancer such as uterine/colon/genitourinary cancer etc in 1 or more generation- then the risk to have colon cancer will be the same as the general population.
Answered 4/6/2013
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Probably not: I am not aware of clear link between breast cancer and colon cancer.
Answered 10/4/2016
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