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BRCA1 is a gene on chromosome 17 that normally helps to suppress cell growth. A person who inherits certain mutations (changes) in a BRCA1 gene has a higher risk of getting breast, ovarian, prostate, and other types of cancer.

New breast reconstruction surgery for women

6. November 2009 03:14
Since her teens, Jennifer Jablon had watched family members deal with breast cancer during their 40s, 50s, and 60s. She wondered whether it would be her fate too. [More]

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Genetic mutation implicated in breast and ovarian cancers could also have a role in causing heart failure: Study

15. October 2009 01:28
A genetic mutation implicated in breast and ovarian cancers could also have a role in causing heart failure, according to a new study reported at the 95th annual Clinical Congress of the American College of Surgeons. [More]

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Many women at high risk for breast or ovarian cancer choose surgery as a precautionary measure

6. August 2009 05:04
Many women at high risk for breast or ovarian cancer are choosing to undergo surgery as a precautionary measure to decrease their cancer risk, according to a report in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research. [More]

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Genetic testing for breast or ovarian cancer risk may be greatly underutilized

22. May 2009 04:50
Although a test for gene mutations known to significantly increase the risk of hereditary breast or ovarian cancer has been available for more than a decade, a new study finds that few women with family histories of these cancers are even discussing genetic testing with their physicians or other health care providers. [More]

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American Civil Liberties Union challenges breast cancer gene patents

12. May 2009 19:35
The American Civil Liberties Union and the Public Patent Foundation at Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law (PUBPAT) filed a lawsuit today charging that patents on two human genes associated with breast and ovarian cancer stifle research that could lead to cures and limit women's options regarding their medical care. [More]

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Removal of ovaries during hysterectomy increases risk of death, outweighs benefits

20. April 2009 23:32
Results of a landmark study led by a doctor at John Wayne Cancer Institute at Saint John's Health Center raises serious questions about the long-term survival benefits of removing a woman's ovaries during routine hysterectomy. [More]

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Discovery of potential genetic predisposition for lung cancer

15. April 2009 22:01
University of Cincinnati (UC) cancer cell biologists have identified a distinct gene linked to increased lung cancer susceptibility and development. [More]

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Discovery of new protein important in breast cancer gene's role in DNA repair

20. March 2009 14:55
For years, researchers have known that under normal conditions, the breast cancer protein BRCA1 orchestrates the repair of damaged DNA, but the details of just how BRCA1 moves to the damaged site and recruits the right nuclear repairmen for DNA restoration remains a mystery. [More]

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BRCA gene mutations influence a women's views of preventive mastectomy

10. March 2009 14:01
Women whose cells harbor harmful mutations in the BRCA genes are likely to view preventive mastectomy as the best way to reduce their risk and fears of developing breast cancer, despite other, less drastic options available. [More]

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Research confirms value of risk-reducing salpingo-oophorectomy for women with BRCA mutations

13. January 2009 23:07
Prophylactic salpingo-oophorectomy-removal of the ovaries and fallopian tubes--reduces the relative risk of breast cancer by approximately 50 percent and the risk of ovarian and fallopian tube cancer by approximately 80 percent in women who carry a mutation in the BRCA1 or BRCA2 gene, researchers report in the January 13 online issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. [More]

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Baby girl due soon will be minus breast cancer causing gene

22. December 2008 22:21
A baby girl about to be born in Britain will be the first to have been screened for a breast cancer causing gene. [More]

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Does hormone treatment predispose patients to breast cancer?

21. November 2008 22:38
Breast cancer, the leading cause of death among women in France, is the most commonly occurring cancer in women. [More]

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Breast cancer common among women with family history but without BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutation

17. November 2008 21:53
New data presented at the American Association for Cancer Research's Seventh Annual International Frontiers in Cancer Prevention Research meeting outlines new data, which assesses breast cancer risk among women with a strong family history of breast cancer, but without a BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutation. [More]

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Breast, ovarian cancer prediction models more accurate for white women than Asian-American women

29. September 2008 03:15
Two widely used prediction models for identifying a woman's risk for breast and ovarian cancer appear to be less reliable for Asian-American women compared with white women, according to a study in the October issue of the Journal of Clinical Oncology, Reuters Health reports. [More]

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Risk of breast cancer mutations underestimated for Asian women, Stanford study shows

11. September 2008 18:02
Oncologist Allison Kurian, MD, and her colleagues at the Stanford University School of Medicine were perplexed. Computer models designed to identify women who might have dangerous genetic mutations that increase their risk of breast and ovarian cancer worked well for white women. But they seemed to be less reliable for another ethnic group. [More]

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