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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 ...

Cancer created Feb 22, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

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 ...

Cancer created Apr 09, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0