Gene mutation dramatically increases breast cancer risk

Thursday, August 7, 2014 - 13:01 in Health & Medicine

Brooks HaysCAMBRIDGE, England, Aug. 7 (UPI) -- Study shows women carrying a rare mutation in the gene known as PALB2 had a 35 percent chance of developing breast cancer by the time they turned 70.

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