Is breast cancer an autosomal dominant trait?

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asked Jun 2, 2018 in Diseases Conditions by Tribiano900 (320 points)
Is breast cancer an autosomal dominant trait?

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answered Jun 6, 2018 by Jasire (26,200 points)
Breast cancer itself is not an autosomal dominant trait but the way the breast cancer happens can be a autosomal dominant trait.

If you develop the breast cancer due to inheriting the breast cancer then yes it's a autosomal dominant trait depending on how you inherited the breast cancer.

BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes are inherited from genes that happen in an autosomal dominant pattern.

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