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Cancer Risk Factors
Former breast/ovarian cancer patients have high risk of familial genetic mutation
December 22nd, 2005
Former breast and/or ovarian cancer patients have a high risk of familial BRCA1 and BRCA2 genetic mutation. "Identifying BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers is increasingly important as new management options show promise in decreasing morbidity and mortality in these women. [We] sought to determine the prevalence of family histories suggestive of a hereditary breast carcinoma syndrome in a cohort of patients with a personal history of breast and/or ovarian carcinoma presenting for mammography," investigators in the United States report. F.J. Dominguez and colleagues wrote, "[We] reviewed the family, histories of all women with a history of breast or...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2005-12-22)
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