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Inherited mutations in the gene BRCA2 significantly increase the risk of carriers to breast and ovarian cancers. BRCA2, a crucial player in the body's DNA repair system, aids in repairing damaged DNA.
No increase in risk for breast cancer seen for BRCA carriers following predominantly surgical menopause. HealthDay News — Use ...
SAN ANTONIO – Patients with germline BRCA mutations who were diagnosed with breast cancer at or before age 40 and who underwent a bilateral risk-reducing mastectomy (RRM) and/or a risk-reducing ...
Researchers at LUMC have made a breakthrough in understanding PALB2 mutations, an important cause of hereditary breast cancer ...
In a new study comparing the difference in the age at breast cancer diagnosis between older and younger generations of women with the BRCA1 and BRCA2 breast cancer gene mutations, researchers from the ...
In a study that involved more than 31,000 women who are carriers of disease-associated mutations in the BRCA1 or BRCA2 genes, researchers identified mutations that were associated with significantly ...
Modeling the cost-effectiveness of granulocyte colony-stimulating factor use in early-stage breast cancer. A total of 238 women with breast cancer before age 50 or ovarian cancer at any age and at ...
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 ...
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 ...
An affordable new BRCA gene test has hit the market, but who should take it? — -- A new genetic testing kit that hits the market today is the most affordable, and arguably one of the simplest, ...