Showing posts with label hereditary. Show all posts
Showing posts with label hereditary. Show all posts
Sunday, January 31, 2010
media article: The inherited malignancy of breast cancer (and ovarian cancer)
Note: good article, albeit complicated subject matter - excerpts of important information:
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advanced cancer
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awards voice spirit cancer survivor ovarian
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BRCA 1
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BRCA 2
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breast
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dna repair
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genes
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genome
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hereditary
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Li-Fraumeni
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mutations
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SNP
Thursday, December 24, 2009
open access: Cancer risk in MLH1, MSH2 and MSH6 mutation carriers; different risk profiles may influence clinical management
Subjects carrying a mutation in one of the MMR genes have a higher risk for developing colorectal cancer, but also for endometrial carcinoma and malignancies of the stomach, small bowel, ovaries, upper uroepithelial tract, biliary tract, skin and brain.(pancreas)
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bilary tract
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brain
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cancer
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colorectal
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endometrial
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hereditary
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HNPCC
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Lynch Syndrome
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ovarian
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pancreas
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skin
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small bowel
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stomach
,
uroepithelial tract
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