Groundbreaking Breast Cancer Study Focuses On Sisters
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The Sister Study, which will involve thousands of women whose sisters have been diagnosed with breast cancer, is the largest study of its kind ever conducted into the risk factors for breast cancer.
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Dec.10, 2004 (San Antonio) -- A test that characterizes each breast tumor by its unique genetic fingerprint could spare tens of thousands of American women from the discomfort and misery of chemotherapy, researchers report.
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Researchers have launched an appeal to find more than 100,000 women to take part in a decades-long study to pinpoint the causes of breast cancer.
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Close relatives of cancer patients are often at substantially higher risk than the population at large of developing cancer themselves, a study of 32,000 cancer patients over nearly 50 years has revealed.
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Data on nearly a million families suggest that mutations in BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes -- which are strongly linked to some breast cancers -- may also confer a slight
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A study of a closely knit family with several members suffering from a rare illness is providing what researchers say may be important clues to the cause
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More than 100,000 women will be asked today to join a huge investigation into the causes of breast cancer. The study, the first in the world of its kind, will cost Â£12 million
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Two genes may identify who will respond to a breast cancer chemotherapy treatment, research suggests.
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Women whose breast cancers are detected by X-ray screening are nearly twice as likely to be cancer-free 10 years after treatment than women whose cancers are discovered by hand, a major new study shows.
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Scientists in Iceland find relatives of patients are at a significantly higher risk of developing cancer than are members of the general population.
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A 50-year study of breast cancer was launched today with the aim of pinpointing the causes of the disease, which kills 13,000 women in the UK each year.
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A new national clinical trial that began as a pilot in several states, including North Carolina, will investigate genetic and environmental causes of breast cancer by enrolling
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Researchers today launched an appeal to find more than 100,000 women to take part in a decades-long study to pinpoint the causes of breast cancer.
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The results of studies released today show a new blood test holds promise for improving the treatment of advanced breast cancer.
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Scientists mapping genetics of two of the nation's leading cancers have found almost 200 mutated genes in breast and colorectal tumors, many of them never before suspected of helping cancer form and spread.
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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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Tools used to predict whether a woman's breast cancer is inherited do not account for smaller families and may leave some women in the dark about their risk for future cancers, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday.