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Study Links Breast Cancer to Body's Internal Clock

Per2, a regulatory mechanism within each cell's peripheral clock, plays a crucial function in mammalian mammary gland development and when suppressed, Per2 leads to severely disrupted gland development in mice.

Eight of Ten People With Cancer Risk Genes Don’t Know It: Study

More than 80% of those who carry an identifiable genetic risk for breast, ovarian, prostate, and pancreatic cancer don’t know it despite frequent interaction with the healthcare system, found genomic screening results.

The findings were published in the journal JAMA Network Open.

“As a colleague said, it usually takes a tragedy for people to get tested,” said Michael Murray, professor of…

Breast cancer: Symptoms, treatment, and lifestyle changes to protect you from it | health

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Breast cancer is a leading form of cancer and a growing cause of alarm, especially in urban areas. It is also targeting younger women, with an age shift that sees Asian women getting the disease around the age of 40. “The incidence of breast cancer has increased by 20 to 30% since the last decade. The present incidence of 1.5 lakh new cases per year is projected to reach 1.9 lakh by 2020,”…

An Emotional and Thoughtful Decision Over BRAC1 and Surgery

An Emotional and Thoughtful Decision Over BRAC1 and Surgery

Larry H. Bernstein, MD, FCAP, Curator

LPBI

  In the last several years, no celebrity decision has been more instructive and influential than the decision after childbirth and many child adoptions than that of Angelina Jolie Pitt.  She was celebrated for for her many movies at a still young age prior to moving to directing movies, known…

more contemplation dealing with the BRAC1 and BRAC2 repairing genes, among other supposedly genetic factors from researchers.  Definitely reminds me of some propaganda crit. we read the other week.  Scare tactics.  Unfounded publications.  There's even a disclaimer that says the study has not been peer reviewed yet.  Take from it what you will.