Genes place cancer patientsâ relatives at high risk: new study
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A recent study initiated by drug manufacturing company DeCode Genetics of Reykjavik, has come up with startling results. The report was published in âPloS Medicineâ, the on-line journal.
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Scientists have taken a key step toward revealing the causes of prostate cancer, finding that a combination of five gene variants dramatically raises the risk of the disease
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NEW YORK  - Teenagers who've survived childhood cancers may be more likely than their siblings to be depressed or anxious, have attention problems or show antisocial behaviors, researchers report.
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CHICAGO While advances in genetic testing may be beneficial, they sometimes put doctors between a rock and a hard place. If physicians find a disease that&#39;s inherited, do they warn other family members that they, too, could be affected?
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A Danish study has found women who were tall and skinny as teenagers have a higher risk of contracting breast cancer. The study published in The New England Journal of Health found women who were heavy babies
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NEW YORK  - Confirming previous research,  the results of a population-based Danish study show that a high  birth weight is associated with an increased risk of breast  cancer later in life.
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Certain gene variations greatly increase a manâs risk of developing prostate cancer, a new study finds. But tests for them may be of limited use to patients, experts say.
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A study conducted in Iceland indicates that your chances of getting certain types of cancer increase dramatically if someone in your family had the disease, including even a distant relative.
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Increased levels of a cell chemical receptor called CXCR4 is needed for the spread of certain hereditary breast cancers, researchers report in the journal Cancer Cell.
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Many women who have a mother, sister or daughter with breast cancer know that they are at increased risk of getting the disease. But a new clinic at the University of Arizona Cancer Center for women at high
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Researchers say they have found six new sites of variation in the genome that increase the risk of breast cancer.
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Scientists have identified a gene that is strongly associated with an increased risk of childhood asthma.
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According to a new study that suggests the family-associated increased risk of some cancers may extend well beyond the immediate family.
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TUESDAY, Aug. 24 (HealthDayNews) -- A genetic mutation can leave some people vulnerable to lung cancer even if they never smoked, a new study finds.
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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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More young women are learning early that they are genetically prone to breast cancer, setting off a new type of family drama.
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Over half of those concerned about a strong family history of cancer are right to be, a study suggests.