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Breast cancer
A cancer that forms in tissues of the breast. Breast cancers occur in both women and men, although male breast cancer is rare.
TV Review: DNA Family Secrets – Series two, episode six
The scope of DNA and genetic testing can be an extremely complicated and difficult topic for the average person without a scientific degree to understand. It has become much more accessible since genomic sequencing became cheaper and genetic testing is now deployed in a wide range of health settings...
Pregnancy after breast cancer treatment does not increase risk of recurrence
Women who have children after having breast cancer are not risking their survival, a new study has shown...
Only a fraction of BRCA1 mutations cause cancer
Hundreds of inherited mutations to BRCA1, a high-risk susceptibility gene for breast and ovarian cancer, have been shown to be harmless...
Men with infertility could have double the risk of breast cancer
Male breast cancer accounts for around one percent of breast cancer cases in the UK and a new study suggests that men with infertility are twice as likely to develop it...
NHS gene testing misses people at risk of cancer
Stringent NHS genetic testing guidelines may mean that nearly 50 percent of those at risk of cancer are going unchecked, recent evidence suggests...
DNA damage repair genes behave differently in black and white women with breast cancer
Differences in the expression of DNA repair genes due to environmental impacts may help explain why breast cancer mortality is higher in black women than white women, researchers report...
Epigenetic information from cervical smear samples could help detect ovarian and breast cancer
Cells in cervical smear test samples could be used as an indicator for breast and ovarian cancer, and show promise as tools for monitoring cancer risk...
BRCA genes linked to prostate and pancreatic cancer
BRCA gene mutations have been linked to cancers, including prostate and breast cancer in men, in the largest study to date...
Gene involved in sense of smell may play a role in breast cancer metastasis
Not only do our olfactory receptors send smell signals to the brain, but they can also promote the spread of cancer there too...