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For example, breast cancer patients are tested to see if their tumour is positive for 'Her2', a protein that can accelerate the growth of malignant cells.
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But for the average breast cancer patient who has neither the BRCA1 or BRCA2 gene mutation nor a close relative with breast cancer (Jolie's mother, for example, died from ovarian cancer), the risk of a new breast cancer in the nonaffected breast is less than 1%.
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This means more life for these women, and more wisdom from them about how to survive a cancer diagnosis. (Smith, for example, travels the country talking to women about breast cancer as a paid spokeswoman for drug company Eli Lilly).
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For example, obesity actually appears to be protective for premenopausal breast cancer, whereas it is a risk factor for postmenopausal breast cancer.
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Waits in Swansea for suspected breast cancer, for example, are between 10 and 14 days.
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But when doctors are trying to assess the risk of breast cancer, for example, they will also ask about family medical history.
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For example, 23andMe tests for some gene variants involved in mildly raising breast cancer risk, but not genes called BRCA1 and BRCA2 that vastly raise breast cancer risk.
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For example, researchers found that for the period 2000-2010, screening rates for breast cancer remained relatively stable and varied no more than 3%, which means limited progress for health improvement.
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For example, a woman diagnosed in the first stages of breast cancer today has nearly a nine-in-ten chance of being alive five years later, as does a child diagnosed with the most common form of childhood leukemia.
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