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A member asked:
If my father's mother has breast cancer..n her daughter,my aunt doesn't.. so will i ever get breast cancer from her?? what r d chancues i will..??
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Your risk of: developing breast cancer depends on a lot of things, family history being one of them. You will not contract breast cancer from your aunt, because it is not a communicable disease.
Answered 4/24/2015
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