December 2022

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FAMILY HISTORY OF BREAST CANCER PROMPTS MAN TO GET EXAMINED

DEAR DR. ROACH: My mother and both of her sisters had breast cancer in their 30s, with my mother eventually passing after her third bout at age 43. They all grew up in the same house that I grew up in. I’m now a 34-year-old father of three small children. I don’t want to die early because of them, but the generalized advice I’m seeing is that I don’t need a cancer screen until my 40s. Am I overly sensitive, or am I missing something that I should potentially screen for? -- M.M.

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