Preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) for the breast cancer genes BRCA1/2 is now feasible and established, with good success rates for those treated, according to investigators from the reproduction, oncology and genetics ...
Jul 2, 2012
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(Medical Xpress) -- Leading breast cancer experts are calling for women under 50 who are diagnosed with triple-negative (TN) breast cancer to be offered testing for faults in the BRCA1 gene, according to a report published ...
Feb 15, 2012
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Women who are at risk for breast cancer may also be at greater risk for heart disease, new research has found.
Dec 20, 2011
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Nearly half of breast cancer patients carrying the BRCA1 gene mutation experience a complete pathological response (pCR) – the disappearance of all evidence of disease from the breast tissue and lymph nodes – regardless ...
Sep 6, 2011
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The PARP inhibitor, olaparib, that has shown promise in women with an inherited mutation in their BRCA1 or BRCA2 gene (accounting for about 5-10% of breast and ovarian cancer cases), has, for the first time, been shown to ...
Aug 21, 2011
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Women with the BRCA1 or BRCA2 gene mutations, which are linked to a very high risk of breast and ovarian cancer, can safely take hormone-replacement therapy (HRT) to mitigate menopausal symptoms after surgical removal of ...
Jun 1, 2011
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The news release Monday morning grabbed my attention:
Apr 21, 2017
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Mutations in the BRCA1 gene are one of the most common risk factors for breast and ovarian cancers. Although tumors that harbor BRCA1 mutations initially respond well to cancer treatments, many tumors eventually become less ...
Jul 25, 2016
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Actress Angelina Jolie has today written an op-ed in the New York Times explaining that she has opted to have a double mastectomy because she carries the hereditary BRCA1 gene, which she says increases her risk of breast ...
May 15, 2013
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Researchers of the hereditary cancer research group at the Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL) and the Catalan Institute of Oncology (ICO) conducted a functional and structural study of seven missense variants ...
Apr 18, 2013
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