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Genes alone raise breast-cancer risk

Study strengthens case for screening.

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Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem

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Pearson, H. Genes alone raise breast-cancer risk. Nature (2003). https://doi.org/10.1038/news031020-9

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