Tuesday, September 11, 2007

 

askenasi jews breast cancer

But mutations in the genes account for less than 10 percent of all cases of breast cancer. And only 1 in about 400 women has the mutation. (The risk of a mutation is about 10 times as high for women who are Ashkenazi Jews, but they can be tested for three specific mutations, for a cost of $460.)

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