Germline mutations in breast cancer susceptibility gene 1 or 2 (BRCA1 or BRCA2) significantly increase cancer risk in hereditary breast and ovarian cancer syndrome (HBOC). (diseaseinfosearch.org)
Increased risk for breast cancer is associated with a personal or family history of the disease and inherited genetic mutations in breast cancer susceptibility genes; these include BRCA1 and BRCA2 and other less common inherited gene mutations. (cancerresearch.org)
One of my nightmares is that a woman learns that she doesn't have the high - risk form of the gene for breast cancer susceptibility, so she decides she no longer needs to get mammograms. (discovermagazine.com)