The drug denosumab, which blocks a bone gene, may also prevent breast cancer caused by a BRCA1 mutation. This already approved drug could be available quickly, and would be the first drug for breast cancer prevention.
Disparities in BRCA1/2 testing in black and white women is attributable to differences in physician recommendations, according to a recent study.
Prophylactic nipple-sparing mastectomy is as effective at preventing breast cancer as more invasive surgeries, according to a multi-institution study.
The BRCA1 mutation may speed the aging of a woman’s ovaries,according to a recent report.
Among women age 40 years or younger, rates of genetic testing for BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations have increased, according to a recent study.
Among young women diagnosed with breast cancer, frequency of testing 95 percent in 2013
The researchers found that nearly one fifth of women with ovarian cancer carried mutations in genes that were associated with ovarian cancer risk beyond the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes.
A recent study examined genetic susceptibility in younger patients diagnosed with HER2+ breast cancer.
Young black women with a breast cancer diagnosis at age 50 years or younger have a much higher BRCA mutation frequency than that previously reported among young white women with breast cancer.
In a study reviewing black women under 50 with invasive breast cancer, 12 percent had BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutations.
