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BRCA2
Aka: BRCA2- Location
- Chromosome 13
- Epidemiology
- Responsible for a third of hereditary Breast Cancer
- Affects Male as well as Female members
- Defective gene connotes:
- Ovarian Cancer risk: 15-20% (less than BRCA1)
- Breast Cancer risk: 90%
- Age 20-29: Relative Risk Breast Cancer 46
- Age 30-39 Relative Risk Breast Cancer 38
- Age 40-49: Relative Risk Breast Cancer 13
- Age 50-59: Relative Risk Breast Cancer 9.8
- Age 60-69: Relative Risk Breast Cancer 2.1
- Chen (2006) j clin oncol 24(6): 863-71 [PubMed]
- Metcalfe (2018) Clin Genet 93(5): 1063-8 [PubMed]
- References