Breast cancer: Genetic variant offers some protection again


<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070211/hl_afp/healthdiseasecancer"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070211/capt.sge.rgt91.110207183154.photo00.photo.default-512x334.jpg?x=130&y=84&sig=EQkmrcM3W59cq0IwEoKRIg--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="Silhouettes representing breast cancer victims. Doctors have long known that certain variations of genes boost the risk of breast cancer, but a new study says there is also a gene variant that offers modest protection against the disease.(AFP/File/Greg Wood)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Doctors have long known that certain variations of genes boost the risk of breast cancer, but a new study says there is also a gene variant that offers modest protection against the disease.</p><br clear="all"/>