Gene linked to 30 pct of breast cancers: study
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Extra copies of a certain gene found  in about a third of breast cancers may be responsible for their  unchecked growth and survival, researchers reported on  Thursday.
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Scientists in Oxford say they have a new method of identifying people most at risk of breast cancer.
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Icelandic women with a bad gene that raises their risk of breast cancer were virtually certain to develop the disease if they also had a mutation in a second gene, scientists reported Monday.
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Doctors have long known that certain variations of genes boost the risk of breast cancer, but a new study says there is also a gene variant that offers modest protection against the disease.
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A new genetic test could one day spare many women diagnosed with breast cancer from the rigors of chemotherapy, a new study says. But at least one cancer expert says more
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London - Women with breast cancer were offered new hope this week by research hailed as the biggest advance in treatment for the disease for 30 years.
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UK researchers have discovered seven genes associated with prostate cancer, which could be used to spot future sufferers.
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It's now well known that people who carry mutations in the BRCA 1 and 2 genes are prone to ovarian and breast cancer, but new findings show that these genes also increase risk of certain other cancers as well.
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A genetic mutation that raises the risk of breast cancer is found in up to 60 percent of U.S. women, making it the first truly common breast cancer susceptibility gene, researchers reported on Sunday.
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A genetic mutation that raises the  risk of breast cancer is found in up to 60 percent of U.S.  women, making it the first truly common breast cancer  susceptibility gene, researchers reported on Sunday.
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A genetic profiling test already on the market accurately predicts which breast cancer patients will benefit from chemotherapy and which won&#39;t, giving
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Three studies published on Sunday identify at least ten new genes that raise a man's risk of prostate cancer, information which could lead to better screening and targeted drugs to treat the disease.
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A new national clinical trial will probe genetic and environmental causes of breast cancer by studying 50,000 sisters of women already diagnosed with the disease that is the second-leading cancer killer of women.
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The risk of breast cancer among women  carrying the well-known BRCA mutations is also affected by  other genes, researchers said on Tuesday.
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The number of mutated genes driving cancer development is greater than previously thought, research shows.
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Women with a high genetic risk of breast cancer run a better chance of having it detected with magnetic resonance imaging than with mammography or other methods.
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Scientists in Britain have identified a  genetic mutation involved in certain types of lung cancer and  said the breast cancer drug Herceptin might work in patients  who have it.