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A young woman in a suspected breast cancer family takes theBRCA1 and BRCA2 genetic tests. As a genetics counselor, you areasked to meet with her.

Prior to receiving the results she want to meet with you to seeif you can give her more information as to what are the differentcancer types she is at higher risk for if in fact she test positivefor a BRCA-1 or BRCA-2 mutation? What would these be?

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Most cancers including most breast and ovarian cancers are sporadic these are isolated cases of cancer and do not increase the risk for other people in the familyHereditary cancer are rare but in these families some people will have much higher chance of getting cancer and should take different steps for mointioring and preventionFamilies with herditary cancer will see    See Answer
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