First, while we know a good deal about breast cancer, knowledge of established risk factors provides few opportunities for reducing risk.

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The findings don't diminish enthusiasm for the idea that genetic knowledge about tumors can transform cancer care, the researchers said.

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As research increasingly addresses the roles of early life events and interactions between a variety of factors in relation to specific types of breast cancer, we may acquire significant new knowledge that lends itself to prevention.

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Researchers have unravelled much of the basic molecular biology of cancer and, aided by the outpouring of knowledge that the Human Genome Project has yielded over the past ten years, they have come to understand how the disease progresses.

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Furthermore, this knowledge does not fully account for changes in breast cancer incidence.

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And this knowledge does not enable us to accurately predict who will develop breast cancer and who will not.

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Looking to put his knowledge to practical work, Goodfellow worked at Britain's Imperial Cancer Research Fund for 13 years.

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