New Study Provides a Clearer Picture of Breast-Cancer Gene Mutations in American Women
A large, population-based, multicenter study led by researchers at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center provides the clearest picture yet of the prevalence and predictors of mutations in the breast-cancer susceptibility genes BRCA1 and BRCA2 among women in the general population. Most research on these genes in relation to breast and ovarian cancer has focused on rare, high-risk families and younger women [more...]
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