Women with breast cancer who were also carriers of the BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutation and received textured breast implants as part of their reconstructive surgery after mastectomy were 16 times more likely ...

It may also be possible to map chromosomes carrying genes for complex genetic traits based on LD (ref. 5), although the power will depend on the number of distinct founder chromosomes bearing ...

BRCAness describes traits in certain tumors, particularly sporadic ovarian cancers, that mimic cancers associated with inherited mutations in breast cancer gene 1 (BRCA1) or BRCA2. Although BRCA ...

A total of 11 men with high-risk prostate cancer and certain biomarkers, specifically gene mutations, took part in the study. Each patient received 200 mg of niraparib daily for 90 days before ...

The soap star, 41, who played Dawn Swann on the BBC soap from 2005 until 2009, explained she made the decision after undergoing a gene test, which discovered the BRCA1 gene that puts patients at a ...

Hollywood star Angelina Jolie underwent a double mastectomy after she discovered she carried the BRCA1 gene, leading to greater awareness of the gene defect. Around one in 1,000 women across the ...

Kara Tointon, who played Dawn Swann in EastEnders, at the Olivier Awards in London in April - Alan Chapman/Dave Benett/Getty Images ...

Angelina Jolie underwent a double mastectomy after she discovered she carried the BRCA1 gene, leading to greater awareness of the gene defect. Jolie's decision followed her mother Marcheline ...

Hollywood star Angelina Jolie underwent a double mastectomy after she discovered she carried the BRCA1 gene, leading to greater awareness of the gene defect, following her mother’s death from ...