The BRACAnalysis is a genetic test for mutations in the BRCA1 or BRCA2 genes. Only 2 percent of the women with the mutation face a greater risk of developing cancer by the age of 70.LenzerJeanneBMJ: British Medical Journal (International Edition)...
7 ⅐ No. 3 article Impact of direct-to-consumer advertising for hereditary breast cancer testing on genetic services at a managed care organization: A naturally-occurring experiment Judy Mouchawar, MD, MSPH1, Sharon Hensley-Alford, MPH2, Suzanne Laurion, PhD3, Jennifer Ellis, MSPH1, Alanna ...
Opening the pages she saw an advert for an amazing trip - a threeweek holiday to Antarctica. It really was a dream holiday, but Rita did not feel she could book things as frivolous as a trip abroad, she was on her third battle against breast cancer. Rita, now 62, was first diagno...
Dismissed as 'hormones' and told she was far too young to have the disease, the cancer went undiagnosed for so long that it spread to her spine, only finally diagnosed when the twins' no-nonsense mother marched Kris to the doctor and demanded to be taken seriously. Kris now has stage fo...
Byline: Jenny MorrisonDaily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)