New paternal link found to breast cancer
Photo credit: Chris Ware | Long Island scientists have discovered the two most common forms of breast cancer mutations can trigger the disease almost a decade earlier when inherited from the paternal side of the family. (July 11, 2011)
The two most commonly inherited breast cancer mutations can trigger the disease almost a decade earlier when inherited from the paternal side of the family, a study of 130 Long Island women has found.
Why dads can cause breast cancer to occur earlier remains a mystery for carriers of BRCA 1 and BRCA 2 mutations, said Dr. Juliana Shapira, director of cancer genetics at the Monter Cancer Center...
