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Researchers have evidence that the gene BRCA1 suppresses tumor growth in breast and ovarian cancers. When BRCA1 is defective, it makes women susceptible to those cancers. The finding opens a window for new therapy...
...developing an early test for the malady. Unfortunately, only 1 in 20 breast-cancer cases is inherited. Still, scientists believe the breakthrough is likely to help develop a way to check for other forms of the disease as well, according to TIME reporter Allison Park. The gene found today -- BRCA1 -- may also raise the risk of contracting ovarian cancer...
...BRCA1, a gene believed to suppress tumor development, has recently been linked to breast cancer. Altered forms of BRCA1, which occur in one woman in 200, prevent it from functioning properly, and tumors can begin to grow. Another gene, p53, has also been determined to be a useful indicator of many cancers, including breast cancer...
According to Dr. Daniel F. Hayes, assistant professor of medicine at the Medical School and a medical oncologist at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, BRCA1 was the first gene to be "clearly associated as a cause of common malignancy...