Not exact matches
«Because there is currently no reliable screening available for
ovarian cancer, most cases are diagnosed at advanced stages,» said the study's author, Bo (Bonnie) Qin, PhD, a postdoctoral associate at Rutgers Cancer Institute of New J
cancer, most
cases are diagnosed at advanced stages,» said the study's author, Bo (Bonnie) Qin, PhD, a postdoctoral
associate at Rutgers
Cancer Institute of New J
Cancer Institute of New Jersey.
They found that
cases of
ovarian cancer linked to genes inherited from the paternal grandmother had an earlier age - of - onset than
cases linked to maternal genes, and were also
associated with higher rates of prostate
cancer in fathers and sons.
Additional sequencing led the researchers to identify a previously unknown mutation on the X-chromosome that may be
associated with
cases of
ovarian cancer that develop more than 6 years earlier that average.
Some of the factors
associated with an increased likelihood of a BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutation include breast
cancer diagnosis before age 50; both breast and
ovarian cancers; multiple breast
cancers;
cases of male breast
cancer and Ashkenazi Jewish ethnicity.
Fewer women are getting the disease The rate of new
cases of
ovarian cancer has declined by 1 % each year since 1992 (about 22,000 women will be diagnosed this year)-- possibly because so many women today are on the Pill, says Deborah Armstrong, MD, associate professor of oncology and OB - GYN at Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center in Balt
cancer has declined by 1 % each year since 1992 (about 22,000 women will be diagnosed this year)-- possibly because so many women today are on the Pill, says Deborah Armstrong, MD,
associate professor of oncology and OB - GYN at Johns Hopkins Kimmel
Cancer Center in Balt
Cancer Center in Baltimore.
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