预防性手术——携带致癌基因女性的福音
Hints:
BRCA1
BRCA2
cervix
uterus
pancreas
Sandra Cohen
Susan Domchek
the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
校稿 聆风暮雪
翻译 sunny_hnu
组长 _香阳洋洋_
Every year, 1,000,000 women around the world are found to have breast cancer. Almost 200,000 others are told they have ovarian cancer. The decisions for treatment are more difficult when the women have abnormal versions of 2 genes called BRCA1 and BRCA2. The mutations in these genes can increase the…
每年，全世界有100万女性罹患乳腺癌，大约有20万女性被告知患有卵巢癌。 当女性是BRCA1和BRCA2异常基因携带者时，治疗就会更加困难。因为基因突变会增加患其它癌症的危险，比如宫颈癌，子宫癌和胰腺癌。 桑德拉•科恩从未患过乳腺癌或者卵巢癌，但她是BRCA1和BRCA2突变基因携带者。因此，在她的母亲和外祖母双双因这类癌症去…