Genetic Breast

Hong Kong women with breast cancer prevalence rate in recent years on the rise. Hong Kong University of Science, director of breast surgery NG Wai Kwong pointed out that breast cancer cases in 5-10 percent of the genetic and, even if men can not be taken lightly, because with hereditary breast cancer gene, both men and women, the risk of breast cancer Higher than the average person 10 times.

According to the Hong Kong Hospital Authority statistics, breast cancer cases in Hong Kong with an average annual increase rate of 2000, an increase of 8 percent, of which 40 to 49 age group is the peak of incidence.

According to media reports, studies show that 25 percent of female breast cancer patients have family history, from 5 to 10 percent are hereditary.

Most people believe that cancer threat to women only, but Margaret Ng Kuang-hui said that the men may also be ill, and may be hereditary to the next generation. Moreover, because the male breast cancer awareness of the low, thus delaying treatment time. To Queen Mary Hospital for example, male breast cancer than women with low recovery rate of 10 percent.