Hi - Do you have a familial or genetic predisposition to breast cancer? And did you start having mammograms before age 20, then have them in your 20s? So, are you looking for a cause for your breast cancer? Because there's really no way anyone can say X Y or Z caused your breast cancer.... they just don't know that level of information with any certainty yet.

As I answered in your other post, I'm sure the professional group that reported the study is reliable - beyond that, I couldn't comment with any degree of authority. I believe we've known for quite some time that radiation exposure to the chest area at an early age is a breast cancer risk - for instance, young women with non-Hodgkins lymphoma who receive radiaiton treatment are at increased risk for breast cancer later in life. So - again, I'm not an authority - but I'd say this is probably true. PJH