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• Science & Technology

New ovarian cancer gene is a significant step forward

7 August 2011

Scientists unlock further prostate cancer secrets

Cancer Research UK-funded scientists have taken a further step to identifying men at a greater risk of prostate cancer with the discovery of seven new variants in the human genome that increase the chances of developing the disease. Cancer Research UK-funded scientists have taken a further step to identifying men at a greater risk of prostate cancer with the discovery of seven new variants in the human genome that increase the chances of developing the disease.

10 July 2011

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Gene study backs promise of breast cancer drugs to treat hereditary prostate cancer

How prostate cancer develops in men who have an altered 'breast cancer gene' is the same route by which breast cancer develops in women with the same mutation How prostate cancer develops in men who have an altered 'breast cancer gene' is the same route by which breast cancer develops in women with the same mutation

24 June 2010

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Understanding triple negative breast cancer – 53BP1 and the BRCA1 connection

10 May 2010

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Scientists discover five new genetic sites that increase breast cancer risk

Scientists have found five new regions of the genome that increase a woman's risk of developing breast cancer by between six and 16 per cent, according to a study in Nature Genetics today (Sunday)*. Scientists have found five new regions of the genome that increase a woman's risk of developing breast cancer by between six and 16 per cent, according to a study in Nature Genetics today (Sunday)*.

9 May 2010

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Scientists inch closer to personal risk prediction – for some

1 February 2010

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Scientists prove leukaemia can pass from mother to child - but it's extremely rare

13 October 2009

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Scientists in major prostate cancer gene discovery

SCIENTISTS have discovered nine new sites in the human genome that have variants that can increase a man's risk of developing prostate cancer by three fold. Their findings are published in two papers in Nature Genetics* today (Sunday). SCIENTISTS have discovered nine new sites in the human genome that have variants that can increase a man's risk of developing prostate cancer by three fold. Their findings are published in two papers in Nature Genetics* today (Sunday).

20 September 2009

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Bowel cancer: screening for people at high risk

3 April 2009

Breast cancer four times more likely in women with strong family history

Women who have a strong family history of breast cancer are over four times more likely to develop the disease than the general population, according to research published in the British Journal of Cancer*. Women who have a strong family history of breast cancer are over four times more likely to develop the disease than the general population, according to research published in the British Journal of Cancer*.

19 January 2009

New computer software helps GPs spot family cancer risk

The use of 'decision support' computer software can significantly improve the management of patients concerned about their family history of breast and bowel cancer, according to a study published in the British Journal of Cancer. The use of 'decision support' computer software can significantly improve the management of patients concerned about their family history of breast and bowel cancer, according to a study published in the British Journal of Cancer.

14 August 2007

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Preventing bowel cancer in high risk families

Bowel cancer rates could be reduced by up to 80 per cent in people with a moderate family history of the disease by screening with colonoscopy, according to new research published in the British Medical Journal. Bowel cancer rates could be reduced by up to 80 per cent in people with a moderate family history of the disease by screening with colonoscopy, according to new research published in the British Medical Journal.

25 October 2005