Which client should the nurse encourage to seek genetic counseling regarding her risk for BRCA1 or BCRA2 gene mutation–related breast cancer?
A. 55-year-old woman whose father had lung cancer and mother had leukemia, and whose two siblings have had malignant melanoma
B. 45-year-old woman whose brother and sister have breast cancer and whose moth-er has ovarian cancer
C. 65-year-old woman whose fraternal twin sister has breast cancer
D. 25-year-old woman who has bilateral benign breast disease
B
The most well-defined increased genetic risk for breast cancer is related to mutations in either the BRCA1 or BRCA2 genes. Families in which either of these genes is mutated have higher rates of breast and ovarian cancer in first-degree relatives.
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