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What type of genetic mutation causes breast cancer?
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Many: If you inherit mutated brca1 or brca2 from a parent, your odds are greatly increased. All cancers arise from accumulated mutations and natural selection over your own lifetime, but these can actually be passed from parent to child.
Answered 10/17/2012
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