Gene Inheritance Patterns Influence Age of Diagnosis in BRCA Families
Monday, December 12, 2011 - 08:32
in Health & Medicine
Women who inherit the cancer genes BRCA1 or BRCA2 from their paternal lineage may get a diagnosis a decade earlier than those women who carry the cancer genes from their mother and her ancestors, according to a new study by researchers at the North Shore-LIJ Heath System's Monter Cancer Center in Lake Success, NY.