Abstract
Breast cancer is a major health problem and cause of anxiety in the United States [1] and in discussing familial breast cancer (FBC) and hereditary breast cancer (HBC), it is important that these terms be clearly defined. FBC and HBC are commonly used interchangeably by authors to describe clustering of breast cancer among the relatives of a breast cancer patient. However, it is essential to distinguish between the terms ‘familial’ and ‘hereditary’ when describing families where two or more relatives manifest breast cancer.
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Lynch, H.T., Marcus, J.N., Watson, P., Lynch, J.F. (1989). Familial and Genetic Factors — New Evidence. In: Stoll, B.A. (eds) Women at High Risk to Breast Cancer. Developments in Oncology, vol 57. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-1327-1_3
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