BRCA2 Gene News and Research

BRCA2 is a gene on chromosome 13 that normally helps to suppress cell growth. A person who inherits certain mutations (changes) in a BRCA2 gene has a higher risk of getting breast, ovarian, prostate, and other types of cancer.

Correlation between overweight, smoking and breast cancer discovered

1. September 2009 23:24

A recent study published in the Journal of Cancer Epidemiology has reinforced the correlation between being overweight, smoking and breast cancer. What makes this study unique is how test subjects were not diagnosed for BRCA1 and BRCA2 gene mutations, which predispose women to breast cancer. [More]

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Posted in: Medical Research News | Women's Health News

Tags: BRCA2 Gene, Breast Cancer, Cancer, Exercise, Hospital, Nutrition, Smoking

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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Posted in: Women's Health News

Tags: Anxiety, Biopsy, BRCA1 Gene, BRCA2 Gene, Breast Cancer, Cancer, Genetics, Hospital, Mastectomy, Oophorectomy, Ovarian Cancer

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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Posted in: Medical Research News

Tags: Brain Cancer, BRCA1 Gene, BRCA2 Gene, Genetics, Ovarian Cancer

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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Posted in: Medical Patent News

Tags: BRCA1 Gene, BRCA2 Gene, Breast Cancer, Colon Cancer, Genetics, Medical Legislation, Muscular Dystrophy, Ovarian Cancer

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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Posted in: Women's Health News

Tags: Blood Vessel, BRCA1 Gene, BRCA2 Gene, Breast Cancer, Cancer, Cardiovascular Disease, Colon Cancer, Colorectal Cancer, Coronary Heart Disease, Education, Estrogen, Genetics, Gynaecology, Hysterectomy, Liver Cancer, Lung Cancer, Melanoma, Menopause, Obstetrics, Oophorectomy, Orthopedic, Ovarian Cancer, Skin Cancer, Stroke, Testosterone

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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Posted in: Medical Research News

Tags: BRCA1 Gene, BRCA2 Gene, Breast Cancer, Cancer, Chromosome, Chromosome 6, DNA, Genetics, Lung Cancer, Tobacco

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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Posted in: Women's Health News

Tags: BRCA1 Gene, BRCA2 Gene, Breast Cancer, Cancer, Genetics, Mastectomy, Tamoxifen

Genome scanning system used to uncover suspect mutations in normal inherited genes

5. March 2009 20:28

Scientists at the Sol Goldman Pancreatic Cancer Research Center at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center have used "personalized genome" sequencing on an individual with a hereditary form of pancreatic cancer to locate a mutation in a gene called PALB2 that is responsible for initiating the disease. [More]

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Posted in: Medical Research News

Tags: BRCA2 Gene, Cancer, DNA, Genetics, Oncology, Pancreatic Cancer, Pathology

Six factors independently predicted melanoma risk

5. March 2009 20:13

Melanoma, the most serious form of skin cancer, is a health risk that accounts for more than 75 percent of all skin cancer deaths, according to the American Cancer Society (ACS). [More]

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Posted in: Medical Condition News

Tags: BRCA2 Gene, Breast Cancer, Cancer, Dermatology, Education, Genetics, Melanoma, Skin Cancer, Thyroid Cancer

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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Posted in: Women's Health News

Tags: BRCA1 Gene, BRCA2 Gene, Breast Cancer, Cancer, Genetics, Oophorectomy, Ovarian Cancer

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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Posted in: Child Health News

Tags: BRCA1 Gene, BRCA2 Gene, Breast Cancer, Cancer, Cystic Fibrosis, Embryology, Fertility, Fibrosis, Genetics, Mastectomy

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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Posted in: Medical Research News

Tags: BRCA1 Gene, BRCA2 Gene, Breast Cancer, Cancer, DNA, Genetics

Scientists find DNA repair 'scissors' after 18 year hunt

19. November 2008 19:23

Cancer Research UK scientists have identified a long sought after enzyme that plays a critical role in a DNA repair pathway linked with inheritable breast and ovarian cancer, reveals research published in Nature. [More]

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Posted in: Medical Research News

Tags: BRCA2 Gene, Cancer, DNA, Ovarian Cancer

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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Posted in: Women's Health News

Tags: BRCA1 Gene, BRCA2 Gene, Breast Cancer, Cancer, Genetics, Raloxifene, Tamoxifen

Unpicking the complexity of human disease

13. October 2008 17:41

Impressive advances in our understanding of the genetic basis of disease were outlined at the 3rd ESF Functional Genomics Conference in Innsbruck, Austria. [More]

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Tags: Ageing, Brain, BRCA2 Gene, Breast Cancer, Cancer, Diabetes, Genetics, Genomics, Influenza, Parkinson's Disease, Stem Cell, Type 2 Diabetes

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Correlation between overweight, smoking and breast cancer discovered

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

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

American Civil Liberties Union challenges breast cancer gene patents

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

Discovery of potential genetic predisposition for lung cancer

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

Genome scanning system used to uncover suspect mutations in normal inherited genes

Six factors independently predicted melanoma risk

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

Baby girl due soon will be minus breast cancer causing gene

Does hormone treatment predispose patients to breast cancer?

Scientists find DNA repair 'scissors' after 18 year hunt

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

Unpicking the complexity of human disease

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