Mutations in the BRCA1 gene that are either inherited (germline) or acquired (somatic) might not be key to the initiation of prostate cancer, as previously thought, suggests the first study of its ...

People inherit two copies of each gene—one from each parent—an evolutionary fail-safe to ensure survival even when one of them doesn't function. For cancer-suppressor genes like BRCA1 ...

For me, it all started in 2015, when my larger-than-life father was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer at the age of 68. This ...

As a leading authority on DNA repair contests findings that he falsified data about a key breast cancer gene, other researchers in the field ... to the antibody assay he developed to test how BRCA1 ...

A 31-year-old had both breasts removed and can't remember a time when she had a full head of hair - but she's never felt more beautiful and says it's the best thing she ever did ...

"Our findings are consistent with hormonal contraceptive use in BRCA1 mutation carriers being associated with similar increases in the relative risk of breast cancer as seen in the general ...

Opens in a new tab or window Patients with BRCA1/2-associated breast cancer ... relative and absolute risks using a novel linkage of genetic testing data to population-scale National Disease ...

Combining Lynparza (olaparib) and Keytruda (pembrolizumab) showed antitumor activity in multiple cancer types, particularly those with BRCA1/2 ...