Your health

Q My mum and nan both had breast cancer, does this mean I might get it too? Sandra, Cornwall A In your situation, it depends what age your mum and your nan were when they were diagnosed and whether it was your maternal grandmother or not.

Even though you have family members who have been diagnosed it doesn’t mean that you have a genetic risk.

It’s appropriate to ask your

GP or to ask your mum’s oncologist, surgeon or breast care nurse to see whether you should be referred for genetic screening.