Potential new approach identified for treating BRCA-related cancers
A new class of drug could effectively treat types of breast, ovarian and prostate cancer...
A gene on human chromosome 13, which instructs the cell to make a protein that normally helps to repair damaged DNA and suppress cell growth. A person who inherits certain mutations in a BRCA2 gene has a higher risk of getting breast cancer, ovarian cancer and certain other types of cancer.
A new class of drug could effectively treat types of breast, ovarian and prostate cancer...
A targeted breast cancer treatment reduces the risk of BRCA-related cancer returning or spreading after chemotherapy...
New research suggests mutations in multiple DNA repair genes can determine how well ovarian cancer patients will respond to the PARP inhibitor, rucaparib...
Breast cancer susceptibility genes influence the length of some women's fertile period, according to a global meta-analysis…
by Hannah Flynn
Cancer treatment olaparib has been shown to extend the life of relapsed ovarian cancer patients with mutations in BRCA1 and BRCA2, by nearly 13 months, when used as a maintenance therapy...
As a human geneticist I've always been interested in anything DNA-related, whether this is a book, research paper, film, or documentary. I never expected, however, that DNA would be the focus of a semi-documentary/semi-intellectual reality TV show, hosted by Stacey Dooley...
Women with high risk single-gene variants in the BRCA gene may have a lower risk of developing breast cancer than previously reported...
Disease risk, from single-gene variants, is influenced by the rest of the genome...
Screening all women over 30 for the most common breast and ovarian cancer causing mutations could prevent millions of cancer deaths worldwide, according to a new study...
A drug used to treated breast cancer has been shown to deplete stores of immature ovarian eggs in mice...
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