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Stop Ignoring BRCA2's Role in Prostate Cancer Risk?

Stop Ignoring BRCA2's Role in Prostate Cancer Risk? A BRCA2 mutation can more than double a man's lifetime risk of prostate cancer, raising it to roughly 20% compared with about 9% in the general male population. While most people link BRCA genes to breast and ovarian