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New studies on genetic breast cancer risks will help in counseling patients, experts say
Updated Feb 08, 2021;
Posted Feb 08, 2021
Baystate Health’s Dr. Grace Makari-Judson is associate medical director for cancer services, and medical director of the family cancer risk program in the Baystate Regional Cancer Program. (Photo by Anne-Gerard Flynn, Special to The Republican)
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Breast cancer specialists are welcoming information from two, recently-released studies that estimated risks for the disease from certain genetic variants and mutations.
“These studies provide welcome information outlining estimated risks of breast cancer in less well-studied genes,” said Baystate Health’s Dr. Grace Makari-Judson. “Many of these genes are considered as ‘low-to-moderate penetrance genes,’ meaning that most people that inherit these genes will still not develop cancer. This was substantiated when testing women with known breast cancer compared to those tested pure