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Women who carry genetic mutations in the “breast cancer genes,” called BRCA1 and BRCA2, have about a 70 percent chance of developing breast cancer in their lifetimes, according to a new study published in the journal JAMA, as reported in … Continue reading
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Women with breast cancer who are at high risk for having a BRCA mutation that raises cancer risk often don’t get genetic testing, or even a chance to speak with a genetic counselor who’d help them weigh the necessity of … Continue reading
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It’s often viewed as a woman’s disease, but the American Cancer Society says about 2,500 men are diagnosed with breast cancer each year and about 500 die. One Santa Ana [California] construction worker wants men to wake up to the … Continue reading
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Three years ago, Angelina Jolie announced in a New York Times op-ed that she’d had a preventive double mastectomy after testing positive for mutations in the BRCA1 gene, which put her at an increased risk of breast and ovarian cancers. … Continue reading
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Not only can men get breast cancer, men can also carry the so-called BRCA breast cancer genes. In this report from CBS News, this fact leads some men to have preventative mastectomies. A mutation in the genes known as BRCA … Continue reading
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“With cancer, there are generally two scenarios – you either have it or you don’t. But I am somewhere in the middle, stuck inside a vortex. I don’t have cancer, but as a notable breast surgeon told me, “For you, … Continue reading
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Women with a mutation in the BRCA1 gene, which is already linked to breast and ovarian cancers, also face a higher risk of a deadly type of uterine cancer, according to a new study in JAMA Oncology, as reported by … Continue reading
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As reported here some 10 days ago, an osteoporosis medication – Denosumab – may help fight breast cancer. Paul Magers of CBS News reports. To learn more, read the study in the journal Nature Medicine, or by reading further our … Continue reading
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