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GuyFuhrery23 karma

Don't really know why I'm getting down-voted. I worked at a Breast Cancer research lab for a while, and I learned a lot about breast cancer there. My mother is a survivor. The BRCA 1 and 2 mutations are very prevalent among the Ashkenazi Jew ethnicity, so I was just genuinely curious. I didn't mean any disrespect. My bad

GuyFuhrery11 karma

Ethnic background? Ashkenazi Jew perhaps?

GuyFuhrery3 karma

I was drunk one night and made a new account and quickly needed a new username. It's a pun on Guy Fieri's name. I thought it was funny

GuyFuhrery3 karma

I did a few years research with a pretty famous Breast Cancer research lab and I will say, definitely yes. I think the youngest patient I saw walk in with actual diagnosed breast cancer, and not just BIRADS 1/2 calcifications, was around 19 or so. No such thing as too young for medical troubles.

GuyFuhrery2 karma

That actually never even occurred to me. Makes more sense. But if anyone is interested in the Ashkenazi Jew's and their ties toward genetic predisposition to diseases, it's actually mind-boggling. This one subset has an astronomically higher chance for so many medical conditions, it's crazy.