| Women who have BRCA breast cancer genetic
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| | (central or eastern European) Jewish
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| mutations are just as likely to survive
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| | heritage [one reason why the study was
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| as other women who get breast cancer,
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| | done in Israel].
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| according to a new study published in the
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| | Using the Israeli National Cancer
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| New England Journal of Medicine.
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| | Registry, the researchers were able to
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| Women with BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes are more
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| | compare two large groups of BCRA carriers
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| likely to get breast cancer. It was also
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| | and non-carriers with breast cancer. They
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| widely believed that those with
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| | tested the DNA from stored tumor
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| hereditary breast cancer from BRCA1
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| | specimens from patients treated in Israel
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| mutations had worse outcomes. This new
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| | between 1987- 1998, and then reviewed the
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| study, tracked two groups of women with
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| | medical records from women whose
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| breast cancer in Israel, one with the
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| | specimens were collected. The mutation
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| inherited BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations, and
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| | was found in about 10% of the women who
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| the other without. The researchers found
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| | were of Ashkenazi Jewish heritage. The
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| no significant difference in death rates
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| | ten year survival rates between women who
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| between the two groups. Between 5 and 10
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| | had the mutation and those who did not
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| percent of all breast cancers are
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| | were similar.
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| hereditary and are more likely to occur
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| | This news should prove reassuring for
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| with women from certain ethnic
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| | women who carry the BRCA mutations and
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| backgrounds like people of Ashkenazi
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| | worry about breast cancer survival.
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