Day: October 1, 2014

PALB2 in Genetic Breast Cancer: Another Piece Falls Into Place

BRCA1 and BRCA2 are the big bads of breast cancer genes. They’re not terribly uncommon, they make it about even odds (or worse) that a cancer will develop, and they often cause a more aggressive form of the disease. But having normal BRCA genes isn’t a guarantee of normal cancer risk. PALB2 mutations, we’ve learned […]