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Memorial Sloan Kettering experts discuss the risk factors associated with developing ovarian cancer. Having the inherited gene BRCA1 or BRCA2 increases a woman's risk, as does having a family history of breast and/or ovarian cancer.
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Dr. Brown, we talked a little bit about risk factors, family history, BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations. We normally think about those things with breast cancer, but do they have something to do with ovarian cancer as well?
One of the most important tools that a woman can have is awareness about this disease - in addition to knowing the symptoms, knowing her family history. It’s not just about knowing her family history on her mother’s side, but also, family history on the father’s side, extended family, siblings and cousins.
The cancers that you want to look out for are breast cancer and ovarian cancer. However, you want to look for breast cancer specifically at age 50 or younger. Also if the relative that had breast cancer before she stopped having menstrual periods.
Other cancers you want to look for are colon cancer and prostate cancer. That means looking to see if cancers are happening from generation to generation.
