Further reading

This list includes some of the most recent research articles about altered genes related to breast cancer.

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1. This article is about how the Breast Cancer Choices website was developed:
   Grimmett, C., Brooks, C., Recio-Saucedo, A., Armstrong, A., Cutress, R., Evans, D. G., Copson, E., Turner, L., Meiser, B., Wakefield, C. E., Eccles, D., & Foster, C. (2019). Development of breast cancer choices: a decision support tool for young women with breast cancer deciding whether to have genetic testing for BRCA1/2 mutations. Supportive Care in Cancer, 27(1), 297-309. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00520-018-4307-x
2. This is a very new article about the risk of cancer with a BRCA1 or BRCA2 alteration:
   Li et al (2022) Cancer Risks Associated with BRCA1 and BRCA2 Pathogenic Variants. Journal of Clinical Oncology.
3. This article is about the risks of prostate cancer for men with the BRCA 1 or BRCA2 alteration:
   Nyberg T, et al … Antoniou AC. (2020) Prostate Cancer Risks for Male BRCA1 and BRCA2 Mutation Carriers: A Prospective Cohort Study Eur Urol. PMID 31495749
4. This article is about risk reducing surgery:
   BCFR, BCFR, Mavaddat, N., et al (2020). Risk-reducing salpingo-oophorectomy, natural menopause, and breast cancer risk: an international prospective cohort of BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers. Breast Cancer Research, 22(1), [8]. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13058-020-1247-4
5. This article is about the risks of cancer with a differen nt gene alteration in another breast cancer risk gene called PALB2:
   Yang X, et al … Antoniou AC, Tischkowitz M. (2020) Cancer Risks Associated wWith Germline PALB2 Pathogenic Variants: An International Study of 524 Families J Clin Oncol. PMID 31841383
   
   And this is a leaflet about PALB2: https://www.ukcgg.org/media/12008/information-for-palb2-carriers-and-their-families-v1-nov2021-1.pdf
6. This article looks at the future health of young women with breast cancer who have the BRCA variant:
   https://doi.org/10.1016/S1470-2045(17)30891-4