A 26-Year-Old Woman Presented to the Office Complaining of a Lump

A 26-year-old woman presented to the office complaining of a lump in her left breast. Her maternal aunt died from ovarian cancer at age 36 and her mother died from breast cancer at age 32. The patient is diagnosed with breast cancer following appropriate therapy. The gene affected is most likely responsible for which of the following?

A) Angiogenesis
B) Apoptosis suppression
C) DNA repair
D) Intercellular adhesion
E) Signal transduction

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