Cost-effectiveness of population based BRCA testing with varying Ashkenazi Jewish ancestry The American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology Population-based BRCA1 / BRCA2 testing has been investigated extensively in the Ashkenazi-Jewish (AJ) population and has been...
Christine’s Mum is doing well and is in remission, and although her family have a history of cancer, Christine has thankfully been given the all clear. In their job interview with OK Magazine, she covers the significance of receiving the test results. She stated: “it...
25 years ago, a mutation was discovered that makes some people susceptible to the disease, and now it has transformed treatment. Ten years ago, Tony Herbert developed a lump on the right side of his chest. The clump of tissue grew and became painful and he was tested...
Currently only women with family history of cancer are offered DNA blood tests But if 26m British women over 30 were tested, 64,500 would be spared cancer Another 17,500 would be saved from an ovarian cancer diagnosis, doctors said Testing all women over 30 for...
Testing all women for the "Angelina Jolie gene", even if not considered at risk would prevent cancers save lives and is cost effective say doctors. The Hollywood actress had her breasts, ovaries and fallopian tubes removed due to the high risk of cancer in her case....
"Testing all women for the 'Angelina Jolie gene', even if not considered at risk, would prevent cancers, save lives and is cost-effective, say doctors," BBC News reports. The actress Angelina Jolie helped raise awareness of the genetic risks of both breast and ovarian...
There is a growing awareness of genetic testing for a wide range of hereditary cancers. This is due, in part, to high profile celebrities like Angelina Jolie who famously underwent preventative breast cancer surgery after discovering she had the BRCA gene mutation,...
Certain types of cancer are hereditary, meaning they can be passed down through families. Genetic testing is a way of identifying people at increased risk of these hereditary cancers, but it has tended to be women rather than men who, historically, have been...