The Jewish Chronicle

Together we can beat cancer

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is increasing­ly possible to personalis­e care so that it is tailored to an individual’s specific situation.

One example of this is our understand­ing of the so called BRCA mutationsw­hicharemuc­hmorecommo­nin Ashkanazi Jewish people than in other population groups and can be linked to certain types of cancer. Where people from an Ashkanazi background have a family history of breast or ovarian cancer they should discuss the possibilit­y

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