Molecular Marker in breast tissue an indication to Breast Cancer Risk Geeta Sharma Sharma9 April 2016 7:17 PM ISTHarvard Stem Cell Institute (HSCI) researchers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (DFCI) and collaborators at Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) have...
Breast cancer gene mutation may hamper fertility: Study supriya kashyap kashyap21 April 2016 1:13 PM ISTWomen with a specific gene mutation that is known to increase the breast cancer risk may also have fewer eggs in their ovaries, finds significant...
Bone drug could prevent breast cancer in high risk women supriya kashyap kashyap22 Jun 2016 9:54 AM ISTSydney : A drug already used to tackle bone loss in old age could prevent breast cancer in women who are at very high risk of developing the disease,...
Why do BRCA1 mutations cause predominantly breast and ovarian cancer? Anjali Nimesh Nimesh22 July 2017 9:34 AM ISTThe human body holds many mysteries, and function of the BRCA1 gene is among them. Women who inherit a faulty copy of BRCA1 have up to a 65 percent...
Scientists track ovarian cancers to site of origin: Fallopian tubes Anjali Nimesh Nimesh26 Oct 2017 7:20 PM ISTSome scientists have suspected that the most common form of ovarian cancer may originate in the fallopian tubes, the thin fibrous tunnels that connect...
New combination therapy found effective in ovarian cancer Anjali Nimesh Nimesh23 Dec 2017 7:15 PM ISTResearchers at The Wistar Institute have found that combining PARP inhibitors, recently approved for the treatment of BRCA-mutant ovarian cancer, with...
MRI superior to mammography for earlier breast cancer detection in women with familial risk: Lancet Deepanjana Sarkar24 Jun 2019 7:30 PM ISTMRI superior to mammography for earlier breast cancer detection in women with familial risk finds a Lancet study.Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) is...
Genetic Testing for Hereditary Breast Cancer: American Society of Breast Surgeons Guidelines Deepanjana Sarkar29 Oct 2019 7:00 PM ISTThe American Society of Breast Surgeons has released new guidelines for genetic testing that medical professionals can use to assess hereditary risk...
Mammography in women aged 40 to 49 years- Harms outweigh benefits: ACP Guidance Deepanjana Sarkar10 April 2019 8:20 PM ISTMammography in women aged 40 to 49 years- Harms outweigh benefits, states new American College of Physicians( ACP) guidance for Breast Cancer...
