Hispanic women at risk of breast cancer gene
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A gene known to give many Jewish women a high risk of cancer also puts many Hispanic women at high risk, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday.
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THURSDAY, Feb 10 (HealthDay News) -- A compound derived from a rare South American plant shows promise as a treatment for breast cancer, according to a University of Virginia Health System study.
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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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Geneology often holds the key to understanding the origin of serious diseases in those with a Hispanic heritage.
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WEDNESDAY, Sept. 13 (HealthDay News) -- Hispanic Americans have a unique cancer risk profile that requires a targeted approach to cancer prevention, according to an American Cancer Society report released Wednesday.
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LOS ANGELES - Hispanics are exposed to more environmental health threats on average than the rest of the population, according to a report released Wednesday by an environmental group.
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NEW YORK  - 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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NEW YORK  - New research provides more evidence that childbearing factors, especially those related to a first pregnancy, influence a woman&#39;s risk of breast cancer.
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MONDAY, Sept. 17 (HealthDay News) -- U.S. researchers say they&#39;ve found a gene that plays a crucial role in the ability of breast cancer cells to respond to estrogen.
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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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A genetic test for patients with  early breast cancer can identify that only some of them will be  helped by chemotherapy, but for those women the benefits far  outweigh the drawbacks, researchers said on Friday.
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NEW YORK  - The innate capacity to repair  damaged DNA seems to affect a woman's chance of developing  breast cancer. Deficient DNA repair appears to triple the risk  of breast cancer, researchers have found.
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NEW YORK  - A mother's weight seems to have  a strong influence over her young child's weight only in  Hispanic families, while other health factors are apparently  carried over between black mothers and their children, new  research suggests.
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Women with a high genetic risk for breast cancer run a better chance of having it detected with magnetic resonance imaging than with mammography and other methods, researchers said on Tuesday.
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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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Women who develop breast cancer because  they carry one of three defective genes are no less likely to  survive over the long term than other breast cancer patients,  Canadian and Israeli researchers said on Wednesday.
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Childbearing factors, particularly those related to a first pregnancy, can influence a woman&#39;s risk of developing breast cancer, according to a study published in the Nov. 1 issue of the International Journal