NYT: In Israel, a push to screen for cancer gene leaves many conflicted - NBC News.com

NYT: In Israel, a push to screen for cancer gene leaves many conflicted 6 hours ago KFAR SABA, Israel — Ever since she tested positive for a defective gene that causes breast cancer, Tamar Modiano has harbored a mother’s fear: that she had passed it on to her two daughters. Ms. Modiano had her breasts removed at 47 to prevent the disease and said that the day she found out her older daughter teste

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アンジェリーナ・ジョリーが浮かぶ。アシュケナージ系ユダヤ人が持っている遺伝子が発ガンに及ぼすのは乳がんだけでなく乳癌および卵巣癌の発がんリスクが増大と。乳房切除の上子宮卵巣切除もあり得るだろうか？

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"the genetic susceptibility to breast and ovarian cancer among Ashkenazi Jews."