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Family history of breast cancer doesn't mean a poor prognosis for women who develop the disease
experiments and observations in humans that BRCA1 gene carriers in particular may be more sensitive to certain types of...
Exposure to X-rays raises risk of breast cancer in young women with BRCA faults
and risk of breast cancer among carriers of BRCA1/2 mutations: retrospective cohort study (GENE-RAD-RISK) BMJ DOI:...
Breast cancer and heart disease may have common roots
and ovarian cancer have a mutated form of the BRCA1 or BRCA2 genes, which normally suppress the growth of breast and ovarian... BRCA1, BRCA2, breast cancer, heart disease, heart attack, heart...
Relatives of young breast cancer patients could face increased risks of other cancers
other cancers even if they do not carry faulty BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes, scientists have... before the age of 35 who had been tested for BRCA1 and BRCA2 gene mutations. After excluding families with mutations in BRCA1... BRCA1, BRCA2, familial breast...
New drug for inherited breast and ovarian cancers shows promise in early trials
specifically targets cancers caused by faulty BRCA1 or BRCA2 genes. Women carrying these inherited genetic faults have a greatly...
New drug may help women with hereditary breast cancer
cancer, and who carried faulty copies of the BRCA1 or 2 genes. Half of the patients were given 100mg doses of a new drug called...
Breast cancer four times more likely in women with strong family history
or ovarian cancer who have tested negative for a BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutation. British Journal of Cancer 2009; 100(2): 421–425. doi:...