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• Radiation in Diagnostic Tests Increases Risk for Women with Abnormal BRCA1 or BRCA2 Genes

  Published on September 13, 2012 at 12:00 am

  • Topic: Risk Factors and Screening and Testing
  • Tags: Chest X-Rays

  A new study suggests that diagnostic tests that use radiation done before age 30 in young women with an abnormal BRCA1 or BRCA2 gene increases breast cancer risk.