New, simplified genetic test effectively screens for hereditary cancers
Researchers have developed a new integrated genetic/epigenetic DNA-sequencing protocol known as MultiMMR that can identify…
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Screening younger women for hereditary cancers may be cost effective
Population-wide screening for genetic variants linked to hereditary breast and ovarian cancer may be cost…
New mutations related to hereditary neuroendocrine tumours
Pheochromocytomas and paragangliomas are rare neuroendocrine tumours with a strong hereditary component. Half the genes…
Is cancer just a question of ‘bad luck’?
By Yvane Wiart, Université Paris Descartes – USPC “Doctor, what caused my cancer?” For doctors, this…
Immune system genes linked to most common type of leukaemia
People who inherit genetic variants affecting the function of their immune system are at increased…
Prostate cancer breakthrough could lead to new diagnostic tests and treatments
Prostate cancer patients have been offered hope after scientists at Newcastle University, UK, have identified…