Helene Hudson Memorial Lectureship CANO 2008.

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One in nine women will develop breast cancer in her lifetime (Canadian Cancer Society, 2007). Hereditary breast cancer accounts for only five to 10 per cent of all breast cancers. However, women carrying a single high-penetrance gene mutation have a 40% to 80% chance of developing breast cancer (Fackenthal & Olopade, 2007). Most of these breast cancers occur in women under the age of 50. The BRCA 1 gene mutation...

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