Outsmarting your genes: Understanding BRCA 1 & 2 on July 23

BOSTON – Come learn how heredity and genetics can affect cancer risk at a workshop by Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women’s Cancer Center workshop on Tuesday, July 23, 6 pm. Experts from the Susan F. Smith Center for Women’s Cancers will explain the association between BRCA 1 and 2 gene mutations and cancer. The event is part of the “What Every Women Should Know” series. Dana-Farber’s Yawkey Center for Cancer Care, 450 Brookline Avenue, Boston. Free and open to the public. Registration is required: www.dana-farber.org/healthywomen.