Lifetime cancer risk predicted for BRCA mutation carriers
A study of almost 10,000 women carrying BRCA mutations has revealed the best estimate yet of their risk in developing breast and ovarian cancer...
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Ovarian cancer drug could treat BRCA-related breast cancer
A drug treatment for ovarian cancer has shown success against inherited breast cancer...
TV Review: The Good Fight - Henceforth Known as Property
US spin-off legal drama 'The Good Fight' delivers a brief storyline when representing an ovarian cancer survivor whose only chance of genetic connection to a child is by gaining back custody of her previously donated eggs.
Image by Peter Artymiuk via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts the shadow of a DNA double helix, on a background that shows the fluorescent banding of the output from a DNA sequencing machine.
FDA approves home genetic tests for 10 diseases
The US Food and Drug Administration has approved the first genetic test to estimate an individual's risk of disease that can be sold directly to consumers...
New genes linked to brain and ovarian cancer
New genes indicating risk of ovarian and brain cancer have been identified using genome-wide association studies...
Image by Peter Artymiuk via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts the shadow of a DNA double helix, on a background that shows the fluorescent banding of the output from a DNA sequencing machine.
BRCA testing not offered to enough high-risk patients
A study has indicated that US doctors may not be recommending genetic testing to a sufficient number of high-risk breast cancer patients...
FDA warns against ovarian cancer screening tests
The FDA has warned that it does not recommend the use of any currently available ovarian cancer screening tests to detect the disease...
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...
IVF not linked to breast cancer, large study shows
IVF treatment does not increase a woman's risk of developing breast cancer later in life, a study has found...
Quick and cheap DNA tests for ovarian cancer patients 'would save lives'
Researchers have developed a new pathway for genetically testing ovarian cancer patients which they say will save both lives and money...