BRCA

According to her statement, in February 2023, Munn took a genetic test that checked for cancer genes — including BRCA, the most well-known breast cancer gene — and tested negative across the board, only to find out two months later that she had breast cancer.

She said she tested negative for all of them, including BRCA, the most well-known breast cancer gene.

An All of Us genetic counselor broke the news to the Philadelphia woman that she was at increased risk of breast and ovarian cancer because of a gene named BRCA-2.

It also plans to offer Jewish people genetic screening - as up to one in 40 has Brca mutations, linked to a higher risk of breast, ovarian and prostate cancers, compared with one in 400 in the general population.

Dr. Hulick said the risk of developing breast cancer was 40 percent to 60 percent greater among women with the PALB2 mutation, similar to the risk from BRCA.