Brca1 Gene

Four new genes associated with breast cancer that may help identify women increased risk of the disease have been identified. However, these only explain a minority of the genetic risk.

Angelina Jolie says that she has had a preventive double mastectomy after learning she carried a gene that made it extremely likely she would get breast cancer.

Women with BRCA1 gene mutations, which confer a high risk of developing breast cancer, might decrease their risk by drinking coffee.

Researchers have identified a gene that when mutated can lead to an elevated but modest risk of breast cancer. The altered gene, called CHEK2 or CHK2, can double the estimated risk of breast cancer. It is believed to be associated with 1% of all female and 9% of male breast cancers. However the known breast cancer genes BRCA1 and BRCA2 are conside...

Four new genes associated with breast cancer that may help identify women increased risk of the disease have been identified. However, these only explain a minority of the genetic risk.

Angelina Jolie says that she has had a preventive double mastectomy after learning she carried a gene that made it extremely likely she would get breast cancer.

Women with BRCA1 gene mutations, which confer a high risk of developing breast cancer, might decrease their risk by drinking coffee.

Researchers have identified a gene that when mutated can lead to an elevated but modest risk of breast cancer. The altered gene, called CHEK2 or CHK2, can double the estimated risk of breast cancer. It is believed to be associated with 1% of all female and 9% of male breast cancers. However the known breast cancer genes BRCA1 and BRCA2 are conside...