Breast Cancer
Truck driver occupation linked to increased BRCA1/2 male breast cancer mutation
Published in Blood Weekly, March 3rd, 2005
"The association of male breast cancer (MBC) with a positive breast cancer (BC) family history and with BRCA1/2 germ-line mutations points to a genetic component; a relationship with occupation has also been reported.
"Recently, we identified pathogenetic BRCA1/2 mutations in a population-based series of Italian MBC patients: here in, we investigated interactions between a carrier status for BRCA1/2 mutations and occupation using a case-case design and estimating case-only odds ratios (CORs)," scientists in Italy report.
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Source: Blood Weekly (2005-03-03)
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