&#39;Sister Study&#39; to Examine Causes of Breast Cancer
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In what&#39;s being described as the largest study of its kind into breast cancer risk factors, a new project will look at 50,000 sisters of women with the disease to try to determine the environmental and genetic causes.
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Scientists identify four more genes that increase breast cancer risk using a method that could help improve tests.
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They&#39;re looking for 50,000 women between the ages of 35 and 74 who have had a sister diagnosed with breast cancer. It&#39;s called Sister Study and is being conducted by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences.
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Researchers have discovered a reason why mutations in the BRCA1 gene lead to a particularly deadly type of breast cancer.
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TORONTO - Magnetic resonance imaging may be better at finding breast cancer in women who are genetically predisposed to the disease than other screening methods, Canadian researchers say.
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In the largest study of its kind, federal researchers will try to recruit 50,000 sisters of women who have been diagnosed with breast cancer to try
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NEW YORK  - For African-American men, the chances of developing prostate cancer are increased if a sister has breast cancer, according to a study by researchers at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
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U.S. News & World Report - Male relatives of breast-cancer patients might want to be tested
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NEW YORK  - New research provides more  evidence that childbearing factors, especially those related to  a first pregnancy, influence a woman's risk of breast cancer.
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Women who have a faster growth rate are at an increased risk of being exposed to breast cancer, a new research has revealed. The study, published in The New England Journal of Medicine, reveals that women
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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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Scientists believe they have found a way to spot which breast and ovarian cancers are most likely to be fatal.
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THURSDAY, June 28 (HealthDay News) -- Women can look to their mothers and sisters to help determine their chances of survival from breast cancer, new research suggests.
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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.
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Researchers from Canada believe they have identified the gene responsible for breast cancer tumor growth, a discovery that could possibly lead to a cure for the disease.
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Tools used to predict whether a woman&#39;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.
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New research provides more evidence that childbearing factors, especially those related to a first pregnancy, influence a woman's risk of breast cancer.