Gene testing in young patients may uncover 'cancer families'
More than half of patients with sarcoma, a rare cancer, have mutations that are known to increase the risk of other types of cancer...
A cancer that forms in tissues of the breast. Breast cancers occur in both women and men, although male breast cancer is rare.
by Amina Yonis
More than half of patients with sarcoma, a rare cancer, have mutations that are known to increase the risk of other types of cancer...
IVF treatment does not increase a woman's risk of developing breast cancer later in life, a study has found...
Genetic mutations on several genes including BRCA2 have been associated with prostate cancer; while in a separate study, a BRCA1 mutation has been linked to a particular form of uterine cancer...
A drug currently used to treat osteoporosis in old age may help prevent breast cancer in women with a genetic predisposition for the disease...
by Amina Yonis
Researchers in the USA have found that following a healthy lifestyle can reduce the risk of developing breast cancer among certain women with a strong genetic disposition to the condition...
by Ryan Ross
Tania Simoncelli's narrates the story of the successful legal challenge against Myriad Genetics' BRCA patents, but may have missed an opportunity to consider the broader impact of gene patenting...
Genetic-testing company Ambry Genetics has launched a huge database of cancer-patient genetics, freely available to the public...
More than 95 percent of younger women diagnosed with early-onset breast cancer are opting for genetic testing, a study has found...
The prolific and popular 'Stuff You Should Know' podcast takes us down the pub to talk personalised medicine...
Scientists have identified a mutation in the gene BRIP1 that triples a woman's risk of ovarian cancer...
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