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BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations are estimated to be responsible for 80 percent of familial breast cancers and more than 95 percent of familial ovarian cancers. The identification of the hereditary breast and ovarian cancer genes was met with great excitement and hope that the etiology of these diseases would be quickly understood.

Postdoctoral Fellow, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY

The Taylor laboratory studies the influence of the nervous system on pediatric and young adult cancers.