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Breast Cancer
Hereditary breast cancer examined
May 5th, 2005
Investigators examined breast cancer as a hereditary condition. "Five to ten percent of all breast carcinomas are of hereditary origin. Many of them have been associated to mutations in the BRCA1 and BRCA2 susceptibility genes. No 'BRCA3' gene has been found to account for the non-BRCA1/BRCA2 breast cancer (BRCAx) families, and BRCAx tumors are increasingly believed to originate from multiple distinct genetic events," researchers in Belgium reported. "Phenotype studies have questioned the existence of specific 'portraits' among hereditary breast carcinomas (HBC)," explained M. Lacroix and colleagues, Free University of Brussels. ...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2005-05-05)
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