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Old 12-14-2007, 05:40 PM
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Default Men carry breast cancer genes, too (AP)

(From Yahoo) AP - Doctors are encouraging a new group of people to consider getting tested for genes that raise the risk of breast cancer: men. Male relatives of women with such genes often do not realize that they, too, may carry them, and face greater odds of developing male breast cancer, as well as prostate, pancreatic and skin cancer, new research suggests.

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