Breast Cancer Gene Research and Medical Practices: Transnational Perspectives in the Time of BRCA by Sahra Gibbon, Galen Joseph, Jessica Mozersky, Andrea zur Nieden, Sonja Palfner
English | 2014 | ISBN: 0415824060 | 248 Pages | PDF | 6.8 MB
The discovery of the two inherited susceptibility genes BRCA1 and BRCA2 in the mid-1990s created the possibility of predictive genetic testing and led to the establishment of specific medical programmes for those at high risk of developing breast cancer in the UK, US and Europe.