Tuesday, June 20

New breast cancer gene raises risk in Europeans


Researchers have found another breast cancer gene that can greatly raise the risk of the disease in women of European heritage, according to a report published on Monday.


They said the gene worked in tandem with the well-known BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes to raise the risk of breast cancer by as much as 80 percent.

The team, at Iceland's Decode Genetics, said their findings suggest women with certain mutations in two of the genes have an almost certain risk of breast cancer...more

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