Why cancers caused by BRCA mutations recur
Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania's Basser Center for BRCA at the Abramson Cancer Center have discovered factors that may make breast and ovarian cancers associated with BRCA1/2…
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Worse Survival With Rucaparib in Trial of Recurrent, BRCA+ Ovarian Cancer
PARIS -- A postmarketing study meant to support the approval of rucaparib (Rubraca) in ovarian cancer instead demonstrated…
Faulty BRCA genes linked to prostate and pancreatic cancers
Faulty versions of the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes are well known to increase the risk of breast cancer in men and women, and in ovarian cancer. Now BRCA1 and BRCA2 have been linked to several…
BRCA Gene Mutation Risks: Who Are at Risk and Who Should Get Tested?
The BRCA gene test tends to use one’s DNA analysis to identify harmful changes (mutations) that are genes like BRCA1 and BRCA2.By Dr Shilpy DolasDid you know? Cancer may usually not be…
New findings offer improved therapy of early-stage, BRCA mutation-associated breast…
Results were released this week on a new treatment with the potential to improve the outcomes for patients with hereditary BRCA mutations and high-risk, early-stage breast cancer. These…