Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women, but it can also occur in men. If a person carries a mutated BRCA1 or BRCA2 gene, this person has a higher risk of developing breast cancer than other people. So what is the role of the BRCA gene in men and women?

Hereditary cancer is the result of one or more inherited mutations in genes whose normal function is to prevent tumor formation in the body. Inherited mutations increase an individual's risk of one or more types of cancer and are passed on from parents to children. So are breast and ovarian cancers hereditary?

Breast cancer is currently the leading cause of cancer death among women. Breast cancer patients are often detected late, leading to inadequate treatment. The reason for this is in no small part due to misconceptions about cancer that many people are suffering from.