William Foulkes /channels/taxonomy/term/14387/all en Shared genetic marker offers new promise in targeting specific ovarian and lung cancers /channels/channels/news/shared-genetic-marker-offers-new-promise-targeting-specific-ovarian-and-lung-cancers-293962 <p>Two new papers, published simultaneously in <i>Nature Communications</i> and led by researchers at 平特五不中, offer promise that a drug currently used to treat estrogen positive breast cancer may be effective in treating two different types of cancer, one rare and one common form.</p> Mon, 04 Feb 2019 15:52:24 +0000 webfull 145651 at /channels Searching for the 鈥渟ignature鈥 causes of BRCAness in breast cancer /channels/channels/news/searching-signature-causes-brcaness-breast-cancer-269723 <p><em>By Tom Ulrich from the <a href="http://www.broadinstitute.org/news/searching-signature-causes-brcaness-breast-cancer">Broad Institute</a></em></p> Tue, 22 Aug 2017 14:18:49 +0000 webfull 130382 at /channels New breast cancer gene identified /channels/news/new-breast-cancer-gene-identified-248713 Mon, 27 Apr 2015 18:04:50 +0000 webfull 109740 at /channels Limiting genetic tests for breast cancer susceptibility /channels/news/limiting-genetic-tests-breast-cancer-susceptibility-253207 <p>Screening for genes whose risk association with breast cancer has yet to be proven is not justified and potentially harmful, argue an international team of leading geneticists and oncologists in a paper published this week in the prestigious <em>New England Journal of Medicine.</em></p> <p> Mon, 01 Jun 2015 20:26:05 +0000 webfull 110355 at /channels