In women do all cancers start from breast cancer?

I understand that theres a high chance in survival if you get reast cancer and its treated in time. But for those that its gone further and have cancer in other parts of the body, did they have breast cancer originally but didnt catch it in time?


A friend of the family died recently and had been fighting against cancer for years! She had ovarian cancer when they originally found it and I thought thats where it started but my mum said no she would have had breast cancer first, is that right? She also had it in her stomach and had a operation to remove it but was also in the bowel and that part was left. Im sure she had it in other places to, I dont remeber her saying she had breast cancer.


Please dont answer this if you really dont know and guessing.

In women do all cancers start from breast cancer?
First of all cancer in both men and women start out in one place such as lungs, breast, ovary, brain, pancreas, liver etc and generally if caught and removed before any of the cancer cells have spread or metastasized anywhere else in the body there is a good chance of survival, depending on the type of cancer. Any human cell seems capable of starting a tumor, on any surface cell, in any organ, in any glands, in the red or white blood cells, even fat and muscle cells.The place where the cancer began is called the "primary" site. Ovarian cancer, for example starts out in the ovary and if not caught in time can spread anywhere throuout the body such as the bowel etc. However people can develop more then one type of "primary" cancer. In other words a person can get develop breast cancer then later also develop ovarian cancer. But your friend wouldn't have had to have breast cancer at all, she may have had "primary" ovarian cancer that spread throughout her body.
Reply:Of course not. Unfortunately, cancer can start anywhere. It has bad habit of spreading itself - that's why it is important to diagnose it early enough.
Reply:No there are multiple types of cancer in women that have nothing to do with breast cancer. Your mother is mistaken. Breast cancer or any cancer for that matter can metastisize (spread to other parts of the body).


For example lung cancer often spreads to the brain.
Reply:hi , there are two separated unrelated cancers(breast and ovaries),with two different nature, so it is not mandatory for a patient to have a breast cancer and then ovarian cancer( the word you are looking for is methastase).some time the ovarian cancer metastise to stomach and even some lymph nodes, like those in upper chest, and on that time, it means that the patient is end stage,ps, i am a medical doctor so my answer is reliable,wink
Reply:No, cancer can start from anywhere not just from breast cancer.
Reply:Breast cancer is just what you hear about most in women. Cancers in women can start in other places (I had a grand aunt who died of brain cancer a few years ago).
Reply:No cancers of uterus. ovaries or colon are fairly common and unrelated to breast cancer.
Reply:Cancer can start anywhere. Ovarian cancer is a one that is hard to spot and its fast growing and quickly spreads. Its its own cancer and usually does not come from another source.