News tagged with brca
Study finds women with triple negative breast cancer and BRCA mutations have lower risk of recurrence
Patients with triple negative breast cancer that also have mutations in the BRCA gene appear to have a lower risk of recurrence, compared to those with the same disease without the deleterious genetic mutation, according ...
Sep 30, 2010 |
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Scientists reprogram triple-negative breast cancer cells to respond to tamoxifen
Using a small molecule decoy, investigators funded by the Samuel Waxman Cancer Research Foundation have managed to block protein interactions and induce epigenetic reprogramming in human and mouse breast cancer cells, essentially ...
Jul 08, 2010 |
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Discovery that PARP protein exists in all breast tumors will help target chemo and predict response
The presence of the protein poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) in tumours can help predict their response to chemotherapy, a German scientist will tell the seventh European Breast Cancer Conference (EBCC7) in Barcelona tomorrow ...
Mar 26, 2010 |
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Breast cancer patients with high risk gene diagnosed six years earlier than generation before
Women with a deleterious gene mutation are diagnosed with breast cancer six years earlier than relatives of the previous generation who also had the disease and/or ovarian cancer, according to new research from The University ...
Oct 09, 2009 |
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Replication at DNA damage sites highlights Fanconi anemia and breast cancer proteins
While Fanconi anemia (FA) is a rare and dangerous disease, new laboratory research at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center shows it may lead researchers toward clues in more common diseases, including highly ...
Sep 10, 2009 |
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Spain allows embryo selection to screen for cancer genes
Health authorities in Spain said Wednesday they had authorised the genetic screening of pre-implantation embryos to ensure they do not carry genes that might cause cancer.
Apr 22, 2009 |
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