Dr. Larry Norton, Medical Director of the Evelyn H. Lauder Breast Center at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, answers questions about the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of breast cancer. Dr. Norton explains that having a breast cancer susceptibility gene such as BRCA1 or BRCA2 does not guarantee that you will develop the disease, and he underscores the importance of speaking with a genetic counselor before undergoing risk-reducing breast surgery.
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