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BRCA Genes Linked to Prostate and Pancreatic Cancers
Posted by Manuela Boyle
on 27 January 2022
Faulty versions of the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes are well known to increase the risk of breast cancer in men and women, and in ovarian cancer. Now BRCA1 and BRCA2 have been linked to several other cancers, including those that affect men.
A study published today in the Journal of Clinical Oncology has provided the strongest evidence to date of these links and helped researchers estimate more accurately the associated risk.
Since these genes were discovered in the mid-90s, numerous studies have ...
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