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Old 04-06-2010, 05:16 AM   #1
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Breast Cancer Patients With BRCA Mutations At 4x Higher Risk For Contralateral Breast

Women with breast cancer before age 55 who carry an inherited mutation in the breast cancer susceptibility genes BRCA1 or BRCA2 are four times more likely to develop cancer in the breast opposite, or contralateral, to their initial tumor as compared to breast cancer patients without these genetic defects...

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