New name for breast-cancer syndrome could help to save lives

Colin C. Pritchard ()

Nature, 2019, vol. 571, issue 7763, 27-29

Abstract: People of all sexes can have risk genes that are often assumed to affect only women. Renaming the syndrome should aid cancer prevention and treatment, argues Colin C. Pritchard.

Keywords: Cancer; Diseases; Medical research (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1038/d41586-019-02015-7

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