A clustered family history of breast, ovarian, and colon cancers appropriately triggered germline testing, with BRCA1 mutation status informing individualized risk stratification and counseling.
A Long Island nurse is sharing a message of action in the face of a frightening genetic finding. She learned she was positive for the BRCA mutation, which increases the risk of cancers, but she took ...
Patients with BRCA-mutant breast cancer had a significantly higher risk of breast implant-associated anaplastic large-cell lymphoma (BIA-ALCL), a large cohort study showed. BRCA1/2 mutations conferred ...
BRCA1 and BRCA2 gene mutations increase the risk of hereditary breast cancer. Here's what you should know about the causes, ...
We talked to experts about new research connecting mutations in BRCA genes to other forms of cancer besides breast and ovarian. If you typically think of BRCA gene mutations along with certain breast ...
VANESSA THANK YOU. AND NOW TO THE STORY OF A WOMAN WHO IS NOT ONLY A BREAST CANCER ADVOCATE, SHE’S AN AUTHOR AND NOW A MOVIE PRODUCER. HER FIRST FULL LENGTH FILM TACKLES THE DECISIONS A WOMAN WITH A ...
Mutations in the BRCA1 gene that are either inherited (germline) or acquired (somatic) might not be key to the initiation of prostate cancer, as previously thought, suggests the first study of its ...
Niraparib and abiraterone acetate regimen demonstrates clinically meaningful delay in disease progression, nearly halving the risk of progression or death, with an early trend toward improved overall ...
January 30, 2009 — The current recommendation is that women with BRCA mutations, who are thus at high risk for breast cancer, start receiving annual screening mammography as early as age 25. However, ...
Mutations in the BRCA1 gene that are either inherited (germline) or acquired (somatic) might not be key to the initiation of prostate cancer, as previously thought, suggests the first study of its ...
Researchers at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) have made an important discovery about how genetic mutations in ...