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BRCA
mutations
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Major risk factor of breast cancer: up to 80% cumulative
risk at age 70
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5 % of all women with breast cancer
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Up to 10% in young women < 35
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Also risk factor of ovarian cancer (BRCA1 and BRCA2),
prostate, pancreas (BRCA2)