She had several risk factors for inherited cancer, including relatives who had died from breast and ovarian cancer. (discovermagazine.com)
Although this variant increases cancer risk only by 20 per cent, it is very common and therefore accounts for more inherited cancer than any other currently known genetic variant or mutation. (scilifelab.se)
«Because defects in DNA repair pathways are commonly observed in genetically inherited cancer syndromes, such as familially inherited breast cancer, it is possible that mutations in the new factors may contribute to genetic predisposition to cancers.» (sciencedaily.com)