One of your good friends has a family history of breast cancer. She has her BRCA1 and BRCA2 alleles tested, and no detrimental m

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One of your good friends has a family history of breast cancer. She has her BRCA1 and BRCA2 alleles tested, and no detrimental m

utations are found. She tells you she is so relieved to know that she will not develop breast cancer. Is she correct that she will not develop breast cancer?

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jeka57 [31] · Answer 1 · 2022-06-22T01:49:33+03:00

Answer:

No

Explanation:

She is incorrect in saying that she will not get breast cancer with 100% certainty. Although, since her BRCA1 and BRCA2 alleles were found to have no mutations signalling breast cancer, this means that there might be a very small chance that she could still develop breast cancer.

Even though it is highly unlikely that she will develop breast cancer, there is still a very small chance that it can occur.