Family helps doctors trace pancreatic cancer gene
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A gene that helps cells keep their shape also causes pancreatic cancer when mutated and it might provide clues to what causes the lethal disease and how it spreads so fast, researchers said on Monday.
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NEW YORK  - A blood protein related to body weight and physical exercise levels appears to be linked to pancreatic cancer risk, according to a new study.
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One of the biggest indicators of a person&#39;s health risks can be found simply by asking grandma and grandpa a few questions. But although most Americans believe that knowing their family health history can
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Amricans are kindly asked to trace their family medical history, as one of the best way to ensure oneâs longevity. US health officials are asking Americans this Thanksgiving to try to find out what their
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Doctors are encouraging a new group of people to consider getting tested for genes that raise the risk of breast cancer: men. Male relatives of women with such genes often do not realize that they, too, may carry them, and face greater odds of developing male breast cancer, as well as prostate, pancreatic and skin cancer, new research suggests.
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Two genes may identify who will respond to a breast cancer chemotherapy treatment, research suggests.
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Mike Slabaugh doesn&#039;t have a stomach. Neither do his 10 cousins. Growing up, they watched helplessly as a rare hereditary stomach cancer killed their grandmother and some of their parents, aunts and uncles.
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SUNDAY, June 3 (HealthDay News) -- Canadian researchers say they&#39;ve identified genetic mutations linked to a form of stomach cancer called hereditary diffuse gastric cancer.
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Genes associated with prostate cancer have been discovered, which could be used to spot future sufferers.
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The family of a student who died from an undiagnosed deep vein thrombosis welcomes efforts to improve diagnosis.
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Family doctors say patients should be more aware of their relatives' health history, a survey has found.
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One thousand people around the world are to have their genomes mapped in an effort to understand how genes influence disease.
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Gene sleuths on Sunday announced they had 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.
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MONDAY, Nov. 15 (HealthDayNews) -- 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 increase in risk for pancreatic, prostate and stomach cancers.
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The treatment that more cancer patients receive may one day depend on their genes
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Scientists from Singapore&#39;s Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology have discovered two genes that may regulate the growth of cancer cells.
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Scientists plan to map the DNA of 1,000 people worldwide to examine human genetic variation