Breast Cancer Highest Risk in N. America

Well, North American women did not get some good news about their risk of breast cancer.  Not only are North American women at a statistically much higher risk for developing breast cancer, but doctors are now saying that women who have a specific gene mutation, may not want to get chest xrays. 

Chest xrays may actually significantly increase these high risk women’s risk of actually developing breast cancer, since they have the breast cancer weakness there already.  No one should have a chest xray unless it is absolutely needed, is the end outcome and advice of some physicians, JUST IN CASE. 

One doctor was actually recommending that women get a chest MRI instead (lower levels of radiation I suppose).  The outcome of the ongoing studies in not yet known 100% though, and the caution is still there from preliminary studies against getting chest xrays, etc. 

Future “gene testing” may be available though to determine whether certain women even need to worry about getting mammograms or chest xrays.