Breast Cancer in Young Women: Know:BRCA

Breast Cancer in Young Women: Know:BRCA

CDC Know:BRCA Education Initiative: aims to build awareness about how BRCA gene mutations affect risk for breast and ovarian cancer.

CDC information: Breast cancer affects young women. More than 250 thousand women in US who are 40 or younger have it

CDC information: Having a family history of breast and ovarian cancer affects a woman's risk for developing these diseases, at earlier age  

United States Preventive Services Task Force recommendation on genetic testing and counseling for hereditary breast and ovarian cancer (2013)