Ovary removal aids high-risk women but at what age
For women who carry a notorious cancer gene, surgery to remove healthy ovaries is one of the most protective steps they can take. New research suggests some may benefit most from having the operation...
View ArticleBreast and Ovarian Cancer (CDC - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
(Source: CDC - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) If you have close relatives with breast and/or ovarian cancer, you may be at higher risk for developing these diseases. Learn whether your...
View ArticleFor cancer risk, some BRCA mutations are more dangerous than others
Doctors have long recognized that women with mutations in two particular genes – BRCA1 and BRCA2 – have a higher risk of breast and ovarian cancer. Now they are starting to figure out which mutations...
View ArticleU-M research on lifetime risk of ovarian cancer may help women make informed...
(Source: University of Michigan) ANN ARBOR-Actress Angelina Jolie made headlines this week for her decision to have surgery to remove her ovaries and fallopian tubes as a means to prevent ovarian...
View ArticlePenn Medicine Study Reveals Why Almost Half of At-Risk Patients Opt Out of...
(Source: University of Pennsylvania) Some at-risk patients opted out of comprehensive cancer gene screening when presented with the opportunity to be tested for the presence of genes linked to various...
View ArticleIt’s in the Genes: Understanding the Importance of Genetic Testing at Jupiter...
The field of genetics is becoming an increasingly important part of healthcare. In oncology, knowing one’s family history and genetic make-up saves lives. Predictive gene testing, used to look for gene...
View ArticleRemoval Of Ovaries Associated With Lower Risk Of Dying Of Breast Cancer In...
According to results of a new study, women diagnosed with breast cancer who carry a BRCA1 gene mutation, removal of the ovaries–a procedure known as an oophorectomy— reduced the chance of dying from...
View ArticleUPenn study shows risk of breast and ovarian cancer may differ by type of...
(Source: NCI - National Cancer Institute) NCI Cancer Center News In a study involving more than 31,000 women with cancer-causing mutations in the BRCA1 or BRCA2 genes, researchers at the Basser Center...
View ArticleShould I Get the BRCA Test?>
I remember when I first saw the acronym "BRCA" and wondered if it was a stock ticker symbol or perhaps the name of a new activist group. I quickly realized that it represented something much more...
View ArticlePhiladelphia's Basser Research Center For BRCA To Unveil Commissioned...
COMBINING SCIENCE AND ART, THE SCULPTURE ECHOES THE OPTIMISM SURROUNDING RECENT BREAKTHROUGHS IN BREAST CANCER RESEARCH Download image "Homologous Hope," sculpture by Mara G. Haseltine: rendering of...
View ArticleHadassah Hospital Senior Oncologist Dr. Asher Salmon Rejects Universal BRCA...
NEW YORK, May 11, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Dr. Asher Salmon, Oncologist & Deputy Director, Hadassah Hospital Ein Kerem, Jerusalem publicly renounces universal BRCA testing for women starting...
View ArticlePublicity with BRCA gene raises awareness, but misconceptions result
One year ago, Angelina Jolie’s decision to undergo a double mastectomy thrust BRCA1 and BRCA2 into the national spotlight, helping women to understand how heredity impacts one’s chances for developing...
View ArticleResearch: Removalof ovaries aids women who carry cancer gene
WASHINGTON (AP) — For women who carry a notorious cancer gene, surgery to remove healthy ovaries is one of the most protective steps they can take. New research suggests some may benefit most from...
View ArticlePenn Study: Olaparib Shows Promise As Treatment Option for Patients with...
(Source: University of Pennsylvania) Olaparib, an experimental twice-daily oral cancer drug, produces an overall tumor response rate of 26 percent in several advanced cancers associated with BRCA1 and...
View ArticleFemale hormones key to breast and ovarian cancer in BRCA gene carriers...
(Source: University College London) Female hormones key to breast and ovarian cancer in BRCA gene carriers 17 October 2013 Researchers announced today in the journal Lancet Oncology that they are well...
View ArticleFemale hormones key to breast and ovarian cancer in BRCA gene carriers...
(Source: University of London) Female hormones key to breast and ovarian cancer in BRCA gene carriers 17 October 2013 Researchers announced today in the journal Lancet Oncology that they are well on...
View ArticleDNA Comes Alive in Lights: Penn Medicine's Basser Research Center for BRCA...
Large-Scale Sculpture Celebrates Hope for Patients and Families Carrying BRCA Mutations Download image Download image Download image Watch a time-lapsed recording of the installation of Homologous...
View ArticlePenn Medicine Authors Emphasize Importance of Clinically Actionable Results...
(Source: University of Pennsylvania) While advances in technology have made multigene testing, or "panel testing," for genetic mutations that increase the risk of breast or other cancers an option,...
View ArticleRemoving ovaries best way for BRCA carriers to beat cancer, study shows
For women who carry a notorious cancer gene, removing healthy ovaries is one of the most protective steps they can take, with research suggesting some may benefit most from having the operation as...
View ArticleOvarian cancer: the risk factors, and how to counter them
Ovarian cancer is the most lethal gynaecological cancer but, thankfully, the incidence of the disease is low. The lifetime risk of the disease in the general population is only 1.4 per cent, but some...
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