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Record Nr.

UNINA9910779450903321

Autore

Mozersky Jessica

Titolo

Risky genes : genetics, breast cancer, and Jewish identity / / Jessica Mozersky

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York, NY : , : Routledge, , 2013

ISBN

1-136-24066-7

0-203-10257-6

1-283-89462-9

1-136-24067-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (177 p.)

Collana

Genetics and society

Disciplina

616.99/449071

Soggetti

Breast - Cancer - Risk factors

Cancer - Risk factors

Jewish women - Health risk assessment

Women - Health risk assessment

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Setting the scene: Ashkenazi Jews and genetic disease -- The "Ashkenazi BRCA mutations" -- Re-thinking the consequences of medical genetic research -- On being Jewish -- History, memory and the BRCA genes -- Future generations -- Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

Ashkenazi Jews have the highest known population risk of carrying specific mutations in the high-risk breast cancer genes, BRCA1 and BRCA2. So what does it mean to be told you have an increased risk of genetic breast cancer because you are of Ashkenazi Jewish origin? In a time of ever-increasing knowledge about variations in genetic disease risk among different populations, there is a pressing need for research regarding the implications of such information for members of high-risk populations. Risky Genes provides first-hand intimate descriptions of women's experiences of b