Inherited mutations in the gene BRCA2 significantly increase the risk of carriers to breast and ovarian cancers. BRCA2, a crucial player in the body's DNA repair system, aids in repairing damaged DNA.

Mathew Knowles gets candid about surviving breast cancer and living with the BRCA2 gene mutation. Mathew Knowles is honoring Breast Cancer Awareness Month by opening up about his own experience as a ...

Mutations in the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes are linked to triple-negative breast cancer. Women of African, Hispanic, and Ashkenazi ...

Modeling the cost-effectiveness of granulocyte colony-stimulating factor use in early-stage breast cancer. A total of 238 women with breast cancer before age 50 or ovarian cancer at any age and at ...

We talked to experts about new research connecting mutations in BRCA genes to other forms of cancer besides breast and ovarian. If you typically think of BRCA gene mutations along with certain breast ...

Researchers at LUMC have made a breakthrough in understanding PALB2 mutations, an important cause of hereditary breast cancer ...

Figure 1: Photograph of agarose gel electrophoresis showing PCR-RFLP of BRCA2 and HOXB13 gene mutation mentioned in Table 1. (A) Here P1, P3, and P4 shows the positive results for BRCA2 gene mutation.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE PHOTO: A radiologist examines breast X-rays after a cancer prevention medical check-up at the Ambroise Pare hospital in ...