Family history still a major concern for breast cancer risk
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By Nicole Boone
WBTW News13 Anchor
Published: November 19, 2008
Women who test negative for breast cancer genes could still be in danger of getting the disease.
A new study finds women who have a strong family history of breast cancer are four times more likely to develop the illness even if they don’t carry the genes.
Researchers hope the findings will help doctors detect breast cancer earlier in women of high-risk.
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