PARP inhibitor shows activity in pancreatic, prostate cancers among patients carrying BRCA mutations
In the largest clinical trial to date to examine the efficacy of PARP inhibitor therapy in BRCA 1/2 carriers with diseases other than breast and ovarian cancer, the oral drug olaparib was found to be effective against advanced ...
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May 15, 2013 |
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Patients with BRCA1 mutations, but not BRCA2 mutations, had poorer prognosis compared with noncarriers
Patients with breast cancer who had a BRCA1 mutation had significantly worse overall and recurrence-free survival rates compared with patients without BRCA mutations, but no evidence for a difference in survival was found ...
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Apr 09, 2013 |
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Nearly half of breast cancer patients at risk of having BRCA mutations not sent for genetic testing
Only 53 percent of newly diagnosed breast cancer patients who were at high risk of carrying a BRCA 1 or BRCA 2 mutation – based on age, diagnosis, and family history of breast or ovarian cancer – reported that their doctors ...
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Apr 08, 2013 |
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Genetic risk strategies needed for young, black, female breast cancer patients, study shows
Researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center and colleagues in Canada have published study results focused on black women younger than 50, a population disproportionately afflicted with and dying from early-onset breast cancer compared ...
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Mar 21, 2013 |
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Gene mutation's benefit for ovarian cancer patients may not last: study
(HealthDay)—Although women diagnosed with ovarian cancer who carry a BRCA gene mutation have a short-term survival advantage, this benefit is not reflected in the long-term, according to a new study.
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Feb 20, 2013 |
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Early menopause may occur in women with BRCA gene, study finds
Women with harmful mutations in the BRCA gene, which put them at higher risk of developing breast and ovarian cancer, tend to undergo menopause significantly sooner than other women, allowing them an even ...
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Jan 29, 2013 |
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New test predicted presence of harmful BRCA mutations
A new multiple gene expression profile test was able to predict the presence of harmful BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutations in otherwise healthy women carrying the mutations, according to data published in Cancer Prevention Research, a jour ...
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Jan 22, 2013 |
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Study examines risk reduction and screening for ovarian cancer among women following BRCA testing
Following BRCA testing, many women who are non-BRCA carriers undergo risk-reducing procedures and additional ovarian cancer screenings, despite limited data to determine the effectiveness of these interventions among the ...
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Dec 17, 2012 |
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Study reveals young women with the BRCA mutation feel different and misunderstood
(Medical Xpress)—A study authored by Rebekah Hamilton, RN, PhD, associate dean of the Rush University College of Nursing, found that young women with a BRCA1 and BRCA2 gene mutation felt different and misunderstood.
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Sep 26, 2012 |
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BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutation research may offer treatment option to certain patients
(Medical Xpress)—Ongoing research at the Methodist Cancer Center could reveal whether metastatic breast cancer patients with BRCA gene mutations are particularly responsive to a drug regimen that includes Veliparib, an ...
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Sep 20, 2012 |
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PARP inhibitors may have clinical utility in HER2-positive breast cancers
Poly (ADP-Ribose) polymerase (PARP) inhibitors, shown to have clinical activity when used alone in women with familial breast and ovarian cancers linked to BRCA mutations, may be a novel treatment strategy in women with HER2-positive ...
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Online tool helps those with BRCA mutations understand options
(Medical Xpress) -- At age 47, Melanie Lemons has already had her ovaries removed. With a few clicks of her computer’s mouse, she can see her estimated chance of survival if she has her breasts removed ...
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Apr 09, 2012 |
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Study finds new member of the breast-cancer gene network
The infamous BRCA genes do not act alone in causing cancer; there is a molecular syndicate at work preventing the way cells normally repair breaks in DNA that is at the root of breast cancer. But finding all ...
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Feb 22, 2012 |
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Gene inheritance patterns influence age of diagnosis in BRCA families
Women who inherit the cancer genes BRCA1 or BRCA2 from their paternal lineage may get a diagnosis a decade earlier than those women who carry the cancer genes from their mother and her ancestors, according to a new study ...
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Dec 12, 2011 |
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No higher risk of breast cancer for women who don't have BRCA mutation but have relatives who do
In the largest study of its kind to date, Stanford University School of Medicine researchers have shown that women related to a patient with a breast cancer caused by a hereditary mutation -- but who don't have the mutation ...
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