Genetic predisposition to breast cancer due to non-BRCA mutations in Ashkenazi Jewish women

Thursday, July 20, 2017 - 15:32 in Health & Medicine

Genetic mutations in BRCA1 and BRCA2 increase the risk of breast and ovarian cancer in Ashkenazi Jewish women. A new article pexamines the likelihood of carrying another cancer-predisposing mutation in BRCA1, BRCA2 or another breast cancer gene among women of Ashkenazi Jewish ancestry with breast cancer who do not carry one of the founder mutations.

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