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Genetic Disorders

Breast cancer is the second most common cancer in women after skin cancer.

… In 1994, the first gene associated with breast cancer - BRCA1 (for BReast CAncer1) was identified on chromosome 17. A … 13. When individuals carry a mutated form of either BRCA1 or BRCA2, they have an increased risk of developing … at some point in their lives. Children of parents with a BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutation have a 50 percent chance of …

Genomics and Medicine

Genomic Medicine Year in Review

Starting in 2019, the American Journal of Human Genetics has published an annual feature identifying ten key advances in applying genomic information to clinical care that were reported in the previous 12 months of published literature. The Genomic Medicine Working Group has authored these reviews, based on its broader effort to identify notable accomplishments in genomic medicine on a monthly basis. From this larger set of published accomplishments, the working group has continued to select ten papers annually to be highlighted as the most significant.

… Associated with Sudden Death What We’re Missing: Most BRCA1 and BRCA2 Variant Carriers Are Undetected Cascade …