Researchers have found that women who are diagnosed with breast cancer before the age of 55 and carry an inherited mutation in the breast cancer susceptibility genes BRCA1 or BRCA2 ...

People inherit two copies of each gene - one from each parent - an evolutionary fail-safe to ensure survival even when one of them doesn't function. For cancer-suppressor genes like BRCA1, researchers ...

People inherit two copies of each gene — one from each parent — an evolutionary fail-safe to ensure survival even when one of them doesn’t function. Likely not, according to the findings of a new ...

Mutations in the BRCA1 gene that are either inherited (germline) or acquired (somatic) might not be key to the initiation of prostate cancer, as previously thought, suggests the first study of its ...

A study led by Harvard Medical School researchers shed new light on how even a single defective copy of the tumor-suppressor BRCA1 gene can increase patients’ risk of developing breast cancer.

Thoracic Radiotherapy Improves the Survival in Patients With EGFR-Mutated Oligo-Organ Metastatic Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer Treated With Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor–Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors: A ...

Of the more than 3 million people with breast cancer in the United Stated, about 10 percent carry an inherited mutation in their BRCA1 gene. In health, the gene is responsible for suppressing tumors.

Deescalated nab-paclitaxel plus carboplatin showed higher efficacy than nab-paclitaxel plus gemcitabine in early-stage TNBC patients. BRCA1/2 mutation carriers exhibited a more pronounced pathologic ...

Second neoplasms in patients with hereditary retinoblastoma. Patient navigation as an effective way to increase breast, cervical, and colorectal cancer screening among immigrants in the US: A ...

ComingSoon can exclusively reveal the trailer for Love, Danielle. Love, Danielle is a new dramedy movie about a woman who tests positive for a BRCA1 gene mutation, which then puts her at high risk of ...