CLEVELAND — The biggest misconception about breast cancer continues to surprise Dr. Megan Miller almost daily in her practice at University Hospitals.

"I don't have a family history of breast cancer. Nobody in my family has ever even had a breast problem. Why do I have breast cancer?" Miller, a breast surgical oncologist, hears this question regularly from patients who are shocked by their diagnosis.

The reality, she explains, is that the vast majority of breast cancer cases are sporadic events that don't stem from family history or genetic mutations like BRCA1 or BRCA2.

"Everybody needs to get screened for breast cancer, whether you have a family history or not," Miller emphasized. "If you're a woman and you're age 40 or older, please, please, please get your mammogram once a year."

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