Breast Cancer Gene Puts Survivors at Higher Odds for Recurrence (HealthDay)

HealthDay – THURSDAY, Dec. 8 (HealthDay News) — Breast cancer survivors
carrying specific genetic mutations, known as BRCA1 or BRCA2, have a 10
percent greater risk for developing cancer in their other breast, and the
risk rises further when a woman receives her first diagnosis before age
40, new research suggests.