Not directly - for reasons I probably don’t need to explain on this forum but I read that she may be at greater risk of contracting breast cancer and less so of ovarian cancer due to my prostate cancer.
Not because I have it ( it’s not catching) but because it is possible that I/ we have an issue with the BRCA2 gene. And yes I know sons should get tested earlier if you have PCa.
I’m 70. This is my second cancer - for thirty three years ago I was told that I had untreatable and imminently fatal Lymphoma - I’d live 3 years at the very most; so that makes the gene risk thing more likely. My mother worked as a sister on a radiotherapy ward during the war and had high dosing for of gamma rays from the radium she handled ( they thought radiation was good for you then) so I do wonder about the gene expression damage done.
I asked Chat GPT about it all and it wrote a letter to give to my GP to request genetic testing. It is better for me to get tested first to see if there is this hereditary defect before she needs to get tested - AI tells.
My oncologist had said when I told of my Lymphoma and mothers job) ‘We don’t do genetic testing for the over 50s on the NHS’. But you can’t get an NHS PSA test to see if you have Prostate cancer until you are 50 ( because it’s us over 50s that find prostate cancer so attractive) so how is that sensible?
No one - on my so far 5 month PCa journey has even mentioned that my daughter may be in need of more awareness or testing so is this ‘a thing’ or not? I’m especially concerned as we lost our only son to MS then suicide this year and our beautiful daughter is all the more precious as a result.
I asked around at my local PCSA meeting up 2 days ago ( Canterbury) but only sons were talked of. Anyone got any experience/ knowledge/thoughts on this?
Cheers
