Breast Cancer  & BRCA1

Pregnancies Lower Breast Cancer Risk In BRCA1 And BRCA2 Mutation Carriers
It is known that women with mutations in the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes have an increased breast cancer risk.
Breast Cancer and the BRCA1 Gene
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Breast cancer
It is not yet known how many breast cancer genes there are, but to date, two specific breast cancer genes have been identified (BRCA1 and BRCA2..
Breast Cancer Risk
Some women with one or more breast cancer risk factors never develop it, while most women with breast cancer have no apparent risk factors.

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WikipediaBRCA1 is a human gene that belongs to a class of genes known as tumor suppressor genes. Like many other tumor suppressor genes, BRCA1 regulates the cycle of cell division by keeping cells from growing and dividing too rapidly or in an uncontrolled way. ... Read More

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