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What is defined as the mechanism of breast cancer?
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Breast Ca has: 'pre' cancer warnings in lcis/dcis, non invasive proliferations in ducts and lobules, but genetic risk, and familial risk likely related to dna damage that is not repaired, then sequential mutations leading to overgrowth/lump, capacity to invade and metastasize. Self exam; others exam, mammo pot 40 or 50 detect lumps.
Answered 10/17/2013
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