increased risk of breast cancer in daughters of older fathers

[flynny]

my dad was 24, but was dx with Stage IV Melanoma when my mother was 3 months pregant with me. Not sure where I fit into a box. He died at 31 and 11 months. I was 34 when I was dx.

[caya]

My Mom was 19 and my Dad was 26 when I was born - so I doubt this would apply to me.
However, a study was released recently showing an increased risk from second hand smoke - my father was a chain smoker.

all the best
caya

[Jackie07]

My dad is also a smoker. He had 'gradually' reduced the number of cigarettes to just 4 per day and has kept that number for the past 20 years. He's 96 - obviously has not been affected by his own smoking habit. But Mother, 2nd Brother and I all have had cancer diagnosis.

[caya]

Jackie, my darling father had a heart attack at 59 and died 3 weeks later. His father died of a heart attack at 54, so obviously there was major family history there, but the drs. told us that the smoking narrowed his ateries which greatly contributed to the heart attack.

I'm the only one in my immediate family with a cancer diagnosis.

all the best
caya