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View Full Version : Gene Inheritance Patterns Influence Age Of Diagnosis In BRCA Families


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12-13-2011, 03:17 AM
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 Health System's Monter Cancer Center in Lake Success, NY. The findings were reported at the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium...

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