One interesting aspect of cancer research is the new discoveries being made all the time. One such discovery is the gene BRCA2 which only came to light in 1996. This gene which can be handed down from either your mother’s or your father’s family has been changed or mutated. Because it has been changed, this gene does not work as it should and so when a cell with the BRCA2 gene present divides, it may not do so correctly.
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BRCA1 is a gene which belongs in a class or category of genes known as tumor suppressors. The gene BRCA1 can mutate or be damaged and because of this mutation, there is a link with hereditary cancer particularly breast cancer in women. The BRCA1 gene can also mutate in men leading to breast cancer although this is much rarer with men than with women.
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Seer Stats fact sheet estimates that 192,370 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer during 2009 and of those 40,170 women will die of cancer in the same year.
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The Chinese say that breast cancer is a rich woman’s disease and indeed there is a very small incidence of it in China and Japan. Families in both countries eat a diet rich in soybeans and tofu. The health benefits of soy are in isoflavones which are a class of plant estrogen found in a high concentration in soy. In particular genistein occurs in soy products such as tofu, soy protein isolates, soy flour and some estrogen dietary supplements.
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