Dr. Barry Dworkin

New rare breast cancer gene discovered and offers more understanding of mechanism of disease

Madely Health Headlines Commentary for August 8, 2014

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Gene increases risk of breast cancer to one in three by age 70

Reference:

Breast-Cancer Risk in Families with Mutations inPALB2. New England Journal of Medicine, 2014; 371 (6): 497 DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa1400382

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