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2 unusual facts about BRCA


BRCA

BRCA mutation, mutations in two genes which produce a hereditary breast-ovarian cancer syndrome

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Jonathan D. Gray

The Grays donated $25 million to create the Basser Research Center, which focuses on cancer prevention, treatment, and research of BRCA-related, genetically-inherited cancers.

Primary peritoneal carcinoma

Primary peritoneal carcinoma shows similar rates of tumor suppressor gene dysfunction (p53, BRCA, WT1) as ovarian cancer and can also show an increased expression of HER-2/neu.

Tumor suppressor gene

# DNA repair proteins are usually classified as tumor suppressors as well, as mutations in their genes increase the risk of cancer, for example mutations in HNPCC, MEN1 and BRCA.


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