Genetic factors play a role in as much as 10% of all cases of breast and ovarian cancer. And yet, according to a new study ...

The history of breast cancer can be traced back several millennia, but the standard of care has remained relatively unchanged ...

“Even the population with the highest risk of developing breast cancer (those with genetic mutations such as BRCA1 or BRCA2), ...

Alison Cupples opted for surgery when she found out she had inherited a faulty version of the BRCA2 gene after losing her mum ...

There are two widely used interactive tools to screen for risk: Tyrer-Cuzek Risk Assessment Calculator (also called the IBIS model) and the Breast Cancer Risk Assessment Tool (BCRAT, also known as the ...

Did you know that both men and women can get breast cancer? Additionally, this cancer isn’t solely linked to age, and the ...

However, breast cancer is traditionally associated with older women above 50, but data shows that the disease is increasingly affecting younger generations. In fact, breast cancer is among the most ...

Lynne Maquat, a biochemist, has received two prestigious awards for her work around the role of RNA in diseases.

Two US scientists, Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun, have won the 2024 Nobel prize in medicine for their discovery of microRNA—a ...

Study finds elevated blood glucose levels significantly increase the risk of colorectal cancer, with early-onset cases ...

All cells within the same cancer are not the same. They all have genetic errors that turn them into tumour cells, but these errors are not identical.

"Breast cancer is very common across all ethnicities, socioeconomics. If you look at lifetime risk, 1 out of every 8 women ...