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Breast Cancer: Practical Considerations and Future Approaches

Epidemiology and Risk Factors for Breast Cancer

Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women breast cancer, chemotherapy, mastectomy, lumpectomy, radiotherapy

Approximately 185,000 new cases this year and 47,000 deaths

Etiology is unknown breast cancer, chemotherapy, mastectomy, lumpectomy, radiotherapy

Most cases are sporadic; about 10% are apparently hereditary

BRCA-1 gene now localized on 17th chromosome, long arm

BRCA-2 gene (probable) on chromosome 13

It is unclear what role mutations in these genes play in sporadic cases

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