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12/11/07
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Breast Cancer Genetics Takes Big Leap Forward
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SUNDAY, May 27 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers say they've moved much closer to untangling the genetic threads that raise a woman's chance for breast cancer.
A set of studies published Sunday in the journals Nature and Nature Genetics identified four new breast cancer susceptibility genes, as well as several genetic markers, that are associated with the risk for the disease and that deserve further investigation. The findings may be the most important genetic discoveries relating to breast cancer genetics since the identification of the BRCA1 and BRCA 2 susceptibility mutations in 1994, experts say. "With these three reports, we've doubled or more the number of genes in which inherited variations are known to be associated with an increased risk of breast cancer. It's a big quantum of new knowledge," said David Hunter, lead author of one of the papers and co-author on another. "What we hope will happen is that each of those genes or gene regions will lead us to better und Read the Complete Article Similar content: Genetics Hold Promise, Challenges for Cancer Care, in Leukemia Drug a New Weapon Against One Form of Breast Cancer, in Leukemia Acrylamide Won't Raise Breast Cancer Risk, in Prostate Cancer Genetic 'Signature' Predicts Breast Cancer Recurrence, in Prostate Cancer Breast Cancer Stem Cells Seem to Survive Radiation Therapy, in Prostate Cancer |
