Breast And Prostate Cancer Family Link Found

Men from families where the women have high rates of breast cancer could face a heightened risk of prostate cancer, Australian researchers said Monday. A mutated gene seen as a factor in breast cancer can also expose men to a four times higher risk of prostate cancer, the scientists said, describing confirmation of the link as a world first. The research was funded by Australia's National Breast Cancer Foundation and carried out by researchers at kConFab, an Australian and New Zealand consortium for research into familial breast cancer. The consortium has been investigating families with multiple cases of breast and ovarian cancer for 10 years and noticed that prostate cancer was also common in some of the families, said kConFab na...