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Prostate cancer 'raises breast risk for daughters': Women's risk increases by 14% if their father or brother suffered the disease. Women whose father or brother has prostate cancer are more likely to develop breast cancer, research shows.
Women have 2 of these, men just one. If a boy has an x chromosome that has this genetic defect, there is no other dna to cover this up and that boy will have the disease. Women have 2 copies of dna, and only can be carriers. Mothers can then pass this problem on to their sons, however.