About 10% to 30% of women under the age of 60 diagnosed with “triple-negative” breast cancer, which are cancers that do not have receptors for estrogen, progesterone, and HER2/neu, will have BRCA1 or BRCA2 gene mutation, and others will have mutations in related breast cancer risk genes.
More information here: https://www.cancer.net/cancer-types/hereditary-breast-and-ovarian-cancer/hereditary-breast-and-ovarian-cancer
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About 10% to 30% of women under the age of 60 diagnosed with “triple-negative” breast cancer, which are cancers that do not have receptors for estrogen, progesterone, and HER2/neu, will have BRCA1 or BRCA2 gene mutation, and others will have mutations in related breast cancer risk genes.
More information here: https://www.cancer.net/cancer-types/hereditary-breast-and-ovarian-cancer/hereditary-breast-and-ovarian-cancer
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