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 ...

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 ...