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Men who carry a faulty BRCA2 gene have a 1 in 15 chance of developing breast cancer by the time they reach 70, suggests the largest study of its kind, published online in the Journal of Medical Genetics. Carriage of a faulty BRCA2 gene in women significantly increases their chances of developing breast cancer, and often at a young age…

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