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 ...

Among patients with early-stage triple-negative breast cancer, a beneficial pathologic complete response rate was higher in patients with BRCA1/2 mutations. Among patients with early-stage ...

Pharmacogenomics. 2012;13(13):1523-1535. 5-year survival for stage III and IV (%): carriers, 38.1; noncarriers, 24.5 Median survival: p = 0.002 5-year survival for stage III and IV: p < 0.001 [46 ...

Paige More agreed to get tested for the BRCA1 gene mutation when she was 24, not fully understanding the potential ramifications. But her dad’s family had a history of cancer, from his mother ...

A comparison of patients with and without BRCA gene mutations receiving prophylactic risk-reduction surgery suggest ...

A woman who discovered she had breast cancer after a chance reading of a newspaper article is warning others with Jewish heritage of the increased risk. | ITV News Central ...

Many mutations, such as those found in the well-known BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes, are passed down in what’s called an autosomal dominant pattern. This means that inheriting one bad gene from one ...