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More Young Women With Breast Cancer Are Undergoing Genetic Testing, Study Finds

Feb 11, 2016
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NEW YORK (GenomeWeb) – More young women with breast cancer are undergoing BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation testing, according to a Dana-Farber Cancer Institute-led team of researchers.

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