What is breast cancer?

BRCA1, on chromosome 17, is one of the genes associated with hereditary breast cancer. Although gender, age and environmental effects are major risk factors for breast cancer, having a mutation in either the BRCA1 gene or BRCA2 gene (on chromosome 13) increases the risk.

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