New Breast Cancer Risk Genes Found -Study
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Tiny differences in genes linked to  the hormone estrogen can strongly influence a woman's risk of  developing breast cancer, U.S. researchers reported on  Wednesday.
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The largest ever study of genes in  disease has found 24 genetic risk factors -- half of them  completely new -- linked to seven common conditions, British  scientists said on Wednesday.
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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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A new genetic test can tell doctors which breast cancer patients need to undergo the discomfort of chemotherapy and suggests that many women do not need to, researchers say.
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New findings add to the evidence that genetic tests can help predict whether breast cancer will recur, giving valuable guidance to doctors and patients about whether potentially toxic chemotherapy
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Gene mutations linked to breast cancer may pose less danger than previously believed, a new study shows.
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The Food and Drug Administration yesterday approved a genetic test that, when conducted soon after a woman learns she has breast cancer, can predict the odds of the disease returning and worsening.
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A new genetic test can tell doctors which breast cancer patients need to undergo the discomfort of chemotherapy -- and suggests many women don&#39;t need to, researchers said on Friday.
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Scientists have discovered a new  cancer-causing gene that they believe could be a molecular  master switch for the disease.
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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 new genetic test can tell doctors which breast cancer patients need to undergo the discomfort of chemotherapy -- and suggests many women don't need to, researchers said on Friday.
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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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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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U.S. regulators cleared a new  genetic test on Monday that helps predict tumor recurrence and  long-term survival in breast cancer patients with higher risk  of the cancer returning.
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The largest ever study of genes in disease has found 24 genetic risk factors -- half of them completely new -- linked to seven common conditions, British scientists said on Wednesday.
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TUESDAY, Jan. 8 (HealthDay News) -- Not all carriers of the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genetic mutations show the same risk for developing breast cancer.
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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.