In the news: Breast Cancer Awareness Month: The importance of getting to know your lemons
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From the Bellevue Reporter:
“Breast cancer is fairly common. About 1 in 8 women are going to be diagnosed with breast cancer at some point in their lives,” said Marianne Vivien, a genetic counselor at Overlake Medical Center & Clinics.
According to Vivien about 5-10% of cancer cases are due to genetic mutations or hereditary conditions, while over 90% of cancer cases are random, sporadic, and are usually due to age, and environmental and lifestyle factors.
“We all have cancer genes and their job is to protect us from cancer generally, but if someone is born with a mutation or inherits that mutation from a parent, all that really means is there’s a change in the DNA,” said Vivien.
