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Faulty BRCA genes linked to prostate and pancreatic cancers
Posted OnJanuary 25, 2022 byA study published today in the Journal of Clinical Oncology has provided the strongest evidence to date of these links and helped researchers estimate more accurately the associated risk.Read More…
Women with genetic mutations fare no worse with breast or ovarian cancer, study finds
Posted OnOctober 1, 2021 byNewly diagnosed breast or ovarian cancer patients who carry common cancer-associated mutations have similar or better short-term survival rates than those with no mutations, researchers report.
This Breast Cancer Gene Is Less Well Known, but Nearly as Dangerous
Posted OnAugust 17, 2021 byPALB2 is not as well known as BRCA, but mutations of the gene can raise a woman’s risk for breast cancer almost as much.
Changes detected in BRCA1 breast cells before they turn cancerous
Posted OnMarch 8, 2021 byA new study funded by Cancer Research UK has mapped out some of the earliest changes that occur in seemingly healthy breast tissue long before any tumours appear, which could have significant implications for the early detection of breast cancer.
Discovering the BRCA2 gene – 25 years on
Posted OnJanuary 14, 2021 byThe hunt for ‘breast cancer’ genes began in the 1940s, when researchers discovered that the disease could occasionally run in families. It became clear in the following years that these clusters of breast cancers in families were caused by faulty genes.
Men With BRCA Mutations Have Much Higher Risk of Cancer
Posted OnMarch 25, 2017 byOne of the largest studies of its kind has found that men with BRCA mutations developed 8 times as many cancers as would have been in expected in the general population.
