hereditary breast ovarian cancer syndrome

A syndrome characterized by the higher than normal tendency associated with BRCA1 and BRCA2 to develop breast and ovarian cancers in genetically related families.

Also known as: BRCA1- and BRCA2-associated hereditary breast and ovarian cancer; Breast and Ovarian Cancer syndrome; HBOC syndrome; Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer syndrome; Hereditary breast and ovarian cancer