A 44 y/o patient has a lump in their chest of about 2 cm in diameter. The patient has a small dimple at the lump. When the lump is manipulated it seems to be attached to the surrounding tissue. A lumpectomy is done. The pathology report shows that the mass is an estrogen receptor negative, a progesterone receptor negative, and a her2/neu receptor-positive breast cancer.
A. What are some of the risk factors for breast cancer?
B. What are tumor suppressor genes associated with breast cancer?
C. What tumor are oncogenes associated with breast cancer?
D. Compare and contrast tumor suppressor genes from oncogenes?