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  • December 2007

    • Breast Cancer Risk Seen for Latinos, Blacks

      San Jose Mercury News  |  Dec 26, 07 6:40 PM CST

      Breast Cancer Risk Seen for Latinos, Blacks

      (Newser) - A genetic mutation that increases the risk of breast cancer has been linked to Hispanic and young black women, according to a new study. The findings could lead to changes in screening, the San Jose Mercury News reports. In the survey of 3,181 women with breast cancer, 16.7% of black patients under 35 and 3.5% of Hispanic patients had the mutated gene, compared with 2.2% of white patients. More »

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      health  • cancer  • women  • breast cancer  • disease  • genetics  • Hispanic  • genetic mutation  • ovarian cancer  • black women  • BRCA1

    • New Key to Breast Cancer Discovered

      Reuters  |  Dec 10, 07 4:57 AM CST

      New Key to Breast Cancer Discovered

      (Newser) - Scientists believe they've made a breakthrough discovery in why a certain genetic mutation can cause a particularly deadly form of breast cancer. Mutations in the BRCA1 gene are apparently linked to the loss of an important protein, PTEN, that checks cell growth, according to a new study in the journal Nature. More »

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      breast cancer  • genetic mutation  • tumors  • BRCA1

  • July 2007

    • Gene Doesn't Alter Cancer Survival Rates

      Reuters  |  Jul 12, 07 5:13 PM CDT

      Gene Doesn't Alter Cancer Survival Rates

      (Newser) - Women who carry one of the two known breast-cancer-causing genes—BRCA1 and BRCA2—are more likely to  be diagnosed with the disease before 50, but they're not more likely to die from it than other breast-cancer patients, a new study concludes. Tracking the 10-year survival rates of women in 22 hospitals in Israel, scientists found no significant difference between those with and without the gene. More »

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      Israel  • health  • cancer  • DNA  • breast cancer  • cancer research  • genes  • survival rates  • BRCA1

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