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Prostate cancer gene BRCA2

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A gene that normally acts to restrain the growth of cells but which, when mutated, is responsible for a significant fraction of early-onset cases of prostate cancer.

BRCA2 was originally identified in breast cancer.

It is not the only gene involved in prostate cancer.

See also Prostate cancer gene.

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