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University of Pennsylvania's Perelman School of Medicine: Mutations Commonly Linked to Breast Cancer Found to Pose No Increased Risk, Population Study Reveals
January 21, 2021
UNIVERSITY CITY, Pennsylvania, Jan. 21 (TNSJou) -- The University of Pennsylvania's Perelman School of Medicine issued the following news release on Jan. 20:

Several genetic mutations previously linked to breast cancer and included on commercial genetic tests, including direct-to-consumer tests, were found not to increase a woman's risk of disease, according to a population study of more than 64,000 women published online today in the New England Journal of Medicine from s . . .

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