Landmark ovarian cancer discovery as scientists unveil high risk gene (RAD51D) : Cancer Research UK

Sunday 7 August 2011

Cancer Research UK Press Release

Cancer Research UK-funded scientists have discovered that women who carry a faulty copy of a gene called RAD51D have almost a one in 11 chance of developing ovarian cancer, the most significant ovarian cancer gene discovery for more than a decade, reveals a study in Nature Genetics1 today (Sunday).