What is the role of BRCA1 and BRCA2 in breast and ovarian cancer?

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1. What is the role of BRCA1 and BRCA2 in breast and ovarian cancer?

2. Describe why PARP inhibitors are considered targeted therapies (affecting only cancer cells and not healthy cells)? Describe their mechanism of action.

3. Explain how accurate direct-to-consumer test kits are for identifying BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations?  If you had a positive result, how would you interpret this result and what steps might you take next?

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