Family history can trump breast cancer gene test

So much for the excuse, "I am fat because of my genetics."

"If breast cancer runs in the family, women can be at high risk even if they test free of the disease's most common gene mutations, sobering new research shows. The genes BRCA1 and BRCA2 are linked with particularly aggressive hereditary breast cancer, and an increased risk of ovarian cancer, too.

When a breast cancer patient is found to carry one of those gene mutations, her relatives tend to breathe a sigh of relief if they test gene-free.

But those headline-grabbing genes account for only about 15 percent of all breast cancer cases. Even in families riddled with breast cancer, a BRCA gene is the culprit only in roughly one family of every five that gets tested, said University of Toronto cancer specialist Dr. Steven Narod...

'This is contrary to what I think the common perception is,' Peshkin said. 'Unless a mutation is identified in the family, a negative test result doesn't provide reassurance.'"

Clearly, overconsuming Calories trumps genetics.

Still, there is a difference between being fat and breast cancer.

Whatever one's genetic make-up (graciously assuming genetics makes a difference, which it does not), it is IMPOSSIBLE to develop overweight/obesity unless they overconsume Calories.

Calories trump genes 100% of the time.