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BRCA
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brca
English
Etymology 1
Proper noun
en historical en Brotherhood of Railway Carmen Brotherhood (of) Railway Carmen of America.
Etymology 2
HGNC symbol, en breast cancer 1.
Pronunciation
en /ˌbrækə/
Noun
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en protein Any of a number of genes and proteins associated with breast cancer, especially BRCA1 and BRCA2.
en Neil Genzlinger Elizabeth Wurtzel, ‘Prozac Nation’ Author, Is Dead at 52 The New York Times 2020-01-07 https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/07/books/elizabeth-wurtzel-dead.html 0362-4331 The writer David Samuels, a friend since childhood, said the cause was metastatic breast cancer, which in her case had resulted from the BRCA genetic mutation. Ms. Wurtzel had a double mastectomy in 2015. After her diagnosis, she became an advocate for BRCA testing — something she had not had — and wrote about her cancer experience in The New York Times. https://web.archive.org/web/20260210190621/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/07/books/elizabeth-wurtzel-dead.html 10 February 2026
Anagrams
en abcr crab CRBA BCAR BRAC carb- carb cbar RBAC