Daily News | $55 million gift to Penn is aimed at stopping breast cancer before it starts
Mindy Gray, right, is donating $55 million to a Penn cancer institute in honor of her sister Faith Basser, second from right, who died of ovarian cancer in 2002. Their mother, Pearl Basser, and sister Shari Potter are shown at left.Nearly 30 years ago, scientists discovered a pair of mutations that sharply increase the risk of breast and ovarian cancers. Yet so far, surgery to remove those organsin genes called BRCA1 and BRCA2.
The gift will establish an institute within Penn’s Basser Center for BRCA, which was created in 2012 with. The center is named for Mindy Gray’s sister, Faith Basser, who died of ovarian cancer in 2002 at age 44. Mutations in either of the two genes also increase the risk of ovarian cancer, especially those in the BRCA1 gene. The mutations also are associated with increased risk of prostate and pancreatic cancer, though this is more likely in the case of BRCA2.
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