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BRCA

mutations

Major risk factor of breast cancer: up to 80% cumulative

risk at age 70

5 % of all women with breast cancer

Up to 10% in young women < 35

Also risk factor of ovarian cancer (BRCA1 and BRCA2),

prostate, pancreas (BRCA2)