Key Takeaways
A genetic blood test can predict a woman’s risk for breast cancer after abnormal cells are found in her breast
Women were two times more likely to develop breast cancer if they scored high on the genetic test
Taking family history of breast cancer into account further increased the test’s accuracy
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