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&#39;s risk of developing breast cancer, US researchers reported on Wednesday.
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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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Extra copies of a certain gene found in about a third of breast cancers may be responsible for their unchecked growth and survival, researchers reported on Thursday.
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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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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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Scientists have identified a gene  variation found in about 13 percent of women of European  descent that reduces their risk of developing breast cancer, a  study released on Sunday said.
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Scientists on Sunday announced they had uncovered four more genes that play a role in breast cancer, widening the portrait of one of the stealthiest slayers of women.
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The risk of breast cancer among women  carrying the well-known BRCA mutations is also affected by  other genes, researchers said on Tuesday.
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Women with a genetic predisposition to breast cancer who are successfully treated for the disease may still be at high risk for ovarian cancer, says a University of Toronto study.
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Scientists say they have linked a faulty copy of a gene with the development of breast cancer.
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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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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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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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SUNDAY, May 27 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers say they&#39;ve moved much closer to untangling the genetic threads that raise a woman&#39;s chance for breast cancer.
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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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Gene sleuths have identified more than 10 new genetic links to prostate cancer, two of which would be included in a new diagnostic test aimed at spotting men at risk from this disease.