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Breast Cancer
Researchers identify new genetic marker for breast cancer
March 20th, 2008
An international group of investigators led by scientists at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC) and the National Cancer Institute has identified a new genetic marker of risk for breast cancer. Women with this DNA variation are at a 1.4 times greater risk of developing breast cancer compared to those without the variation. The findings are to be published online on March 3, 2008 in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. "These results are exciting because they point us to new molecular pathways that may be associated with breast cancer," said the head of the research team and the study's senior author, Kenneth Offit, MD, MPH, Chief of...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2008-03-20)
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