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Do you have any statistics on whether or not BRCA2 positive women are at greater risk for recurrence after treatment?

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Breast Cancer Recurrence Breast Cancer BRCA Mutations BRCA-2 Breast Cancer Risk Recurrence

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DrAttai (Physician - Surgery - Breast (Verified) ) - 10 / 05 / 2011

The following information is from the site Facing Our Risk: http://www.facingourrisk.org/index.php - a national nonprofit organization devoted to hereditary breast and ovarian cancer.

"Women with a BRCA mutation or other hereditary breast cancer who choose breast conservation to treat their breast cancer are at higher risk for another cancer in either breast than women with sporadic breast cancer. Although the exact risk depends on a woman’s age and other factors, one study found that BRCA carriers diagnosed with breast cancer have a 14% chance within ten years of developing the disease in the same breast, and a 37% chance within ten years of developing the disease in the opposite breast. Another study found a 40% chance for BRCA carriers to develop cancer in the opposite breast within ten years of their initial diagnosis. The risk for a second breast cancer among women who develop sporadic cancer is about 10%."

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