Ovarian Cancer
Data on Ovarian Cancer Reported by Researchers at Georgetown University School of Medicine
Published in Women's Health Weekly, April 19th, 2012
2012 APR 19 -- A report, "BRCA1-mediated signaling pathways in ovarian carcinogenesis," is newly published data in Functional & Integrative Genomics. "The link between loss or defect in functional BRCA1 and predisposition for development of ovarian and breast cancer is well established. Germ-line mutations in BRCA1 are responsible for both hereditary breast and ovarian cancer, which is around 5-10% for all breast and 10-15% of all ovarian cancer cases," scientists in Washington, District of Columbia report.
"However, majority of cases of ovarian cancer are sporadic in nature. The inactivation of cellular BRCA1 due to mutations or loss of...
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