Daily Mail27d
Breakthrough for thousands of women carrying 'Angelina Jolie' cancer genes as scientists find a way to rev up their immune system to stop them needing mastectomies
A drug breakthrough could help women with the Angelina Jolie cancer gene avoid surgery. Currently, women who carry a BRCA gene mutation are at higher risk of breast and ovarian cancer. Many opt ...
The Independent27d
Drugs breakthrough could help those with faulty gene avoid breast cancer surgery
According to the NHS, out of 100 women with a BRCA1 gene mutation between 65 and 85 will develop breast cancer in their lifetime while between 40 and 63 will develop ovarian cancer. Out of 100 ...
The Times25d
Breast cancer drugs breakthrough for women with ‘Jolie gene’
About one in 400 people carry a faulty BRCA gene mutation, which puts them at a high risk of developing breast and ovarian cancer. Patients with the mutation can opt to have a preventive ...
Drugs breakthrough could help those with faulty gene avoid breast cancer surgery
Giving drugs usually administered in the late stages of breast cancer to healthy people with faulty genes could prevent them ...