That said, I wonder if anyone has studied whether women with these genes will *still* get cancer *if* they do what prevents breast cancer best - have a lot of children; start having children early in life, and nurse them as long as possible.
The problem is that so few women begin marrying and having children in their late teens, and then go on to have 6-10, with long and unlimited breastfeeding. If we're seeing a big jump in genetic, premenopausal breast cancer, maybe it's because there *are* environmental factors that make it worse than it would have been in the past.
Or maybe not - perhaps the prophylatic effects of more children and of nursing only apply to the post-menopausal kind. But it seems it would be valuable for women to know either way.
There were a LOT of breast cancer,in thed past,in women who had eary pregnancies and breast fed.It just was NOT talkedx about.I remember a time,when NOBODY would say the word.It was spoken of in hushed terms and when talked about,people would say things such as: "So and so has the BIG C.