People inherit two copies of each gene — one from each parent — an evolutionary fail-safe to ensure survival even when one of them doesn’t function. Likely not, according to the findings of a new ...

September 29, 2008 — Hormone therapy does not appear to elevate the risk for breast cancer in postmenopausal women with a BRCA1 mutation, researchers report. In fact, according to the study published ...

Mutations in the BRCA1 gene that are either inherited (germline) or acquired (somatic) might not be key to the initiation of prostate cancer, as previously thought, suggests the first study of its ...

JCO Precision Oncology Conversations features discussions with leading authors of JCO Precision Oncology articles, hosted by Dr. Abdul Rafeh Naqash. Join our experts in engaging conversations as they ...

The combination of niraparib and abiraterone halves the spread of prostate cancer in men with BRCA gene mutations.