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Apr 18, 2014

SGO and AACR Research Round-Up

...and ovarian cancer While having a BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutation puts women at high risk of developing breast or ovarian cancer, not all women with the mutation end up developing...

Jul 5, 2013

Family History of Breast Cancer but no Genetic Mutation Does Not Raise Risk of Ovarian Cancer

...a breast cancer family history clinic found that women with a BRCA2 mutation had a 17-times higher risk of developing ovarian cancer than average, and women with a BRCA1 mutation...

Aug 17, 2011

New Genetic Mutation Increases Risk of Ovarian Cancer

...on August 7th. Much like the BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations, which were discovered in the 1990s and which also increase a woman’s risk for ovarian cancer, those who carry this...

Jul 9, 2013

After Angelina: What Do You Need to Know About Ovarian and Breast Cancer Risk?

...opt for testing to determine whether they carry genetic mutations such as BRCA1, BRCA2 and Lynch syndrome—all of which increase the risk of ovarian cancer. Women who know they have...

Jan 30, 2017

OCRFA Funded Research Studies DNA Repair in Ovarian Cancer Cells

...patients. It has been suggested that EMSY amplification may cause suppression on DNA damage repair in a similar manner as in BRCA1 and BRCA2 ovarian cancer patients. Researchers from both...

Michelle Swift, PhD

...on how the tumor suppressor BRCA1 and its partner BARD1 regulate DNA repair through ubiquitin signaling. Specifically, I investigate how BRCA1/BARD1-mediated ubiquitination of anti-resection complexes modulates DNA end resection, replication...

Christina Curtin, MD

2026 Mentored Investigator Grant Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Project Summary PARP inhibitor (PARPi) therapy has improved survival in high-grade serous ovarian cancer (HGSOC), especially in patients with BRCA1 and...

Richard Adeyemi, DVM, PhD

...lead to cancer. Certain patients inherit mutations in some of these critical genes, predisposing them to cancer. Two particular genes, BRCA1 and BRCA2, have been shown to be mutated often...

Jan 3, 2012

Partner Member Profile: Facing Our Risk of Cancer Empowered

In the late 1990s, Sue Friedman was diagnosed with breast cancer. She learned that she carried a mutation in the BRCA gene that made her more likely to develop both...

Feb 23, 2021

What Are Biomarkers?

...with ovarian cancer, a doctor may test for predictive biomarkers, such as BRCA and other cancer-causing gene mutations. Detected through blood or saliva tests, these mutations can signal to a...

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