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Breast Cancer Gene Might Extend Ovarian Cancer Survival
Date:1/3/2008

dual treatment will further improve survival."

Normal BRCA1/2 genes control cell growth. Mutations in these genes, which are more common among Ashkenazi Jewish women than in the general population, increase the risk of breast and ovarian cancers. Ashkenazi Jews are of Eastern European descent.

The study is published in the January issue of the Journal of Clinical Oncology.

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To learn more about ovarian cancer, visit the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.



-- Madeline Vann



SOURCE: American Society of Clinical Oncology, news release, Jan. 1, 2008


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