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Angelina Jolie's stunning announcement that she had a preventive double mastectomy has raised both awareness and questions about the gene that led to her decision called BRCA1.

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Stock in Agenus Inc. rose more than 4 percent after the company announced it's started enrolling patients in what it says is the largest vaccine trial ever funded by the National Cancer Institute in brain tumors.

TRC105, a novel monoclonal antibody to endoglin , is being studied in multiple clinical trials in combination with agents that target the VEGF pathway.

I nearly fell off my chair. Even if you test positive for the BRCA1 gene mutation - your risk of getting breast cancer may still be caused by other factors.

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In the article by Silvestre-Roig et al, which appeared in the May 2013 issue of the journal , the current address for Patricia FernA ndez should have been: National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, 41 Library Drive, Bldg 41, B513, Bethesda, MD 20892.

A clinical trial has shown that patients, and their physicians, are eager to jump into next-era cancer care - analysis of an individual's tumor to find and target genetic mutations that drive the cancer.

Angelina Jolie's stunning announcement that she had a preventive double mastectomy raised both awareness and questions about the gene that led to her decision -- BRCA1.

Researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center say identifying and selecting participants for phase II cancer clinical trials from a centralized warehouse of patient-donated biological data expedites participant accrual, reduces trial size, saves money, and may speed test drugs through the drug development pipeline.

The ductal carcinoma in situ Score quantifies the risk of ipsilateral breast event and invasive IBE risk, complements both traditional clinical and pathologic factors, and helps provide a new clinical tool to improve the process of selecting individualized treatment for women with DCIS who meet the criteria, according to a study published in the ... (more)

Dr. Emil Frei III, an oncologist whose trailblazing use of combination chemotherapy -- in which anti-cancer drugs are administered simultaneously rather than singly -- helped make certain cancers curable for the first time, died Tuesday, April 30, at his home in Oak Park, Ill.

Main Category: Cancer / Oncology Also Included In: Genetics ; Women's Health / Gynecology Article Date: 03 May 2013 - 1:00 PDT A study from the Cancer Genome Atlas Research Network, led by the National Cancer Institute and the National Human Genome Research Institute, report that mutations discovered in endometrial cancer genes may directly impact ... (more)

The ductal carcinoma in situ Score quantifies the risk of ipsilateral breast event and invasive IBE risk, complements both traditional clinical and pathologic factors, and helps provide a new clinical tool to improve the process of selecting individualized treatment for women with DCIS who meet the criteria, according to a study published May 2 in ... (more)

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Shore Medical Center is pleased to announce it has entered into an affiliation agreement with The Cancer Institute of New Jersey - the state's only National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center.

A study from the Cancer Genome Atlas Research Network, led by the National Cancer Institute and the National Human Genome Research Institute, report that mutations discovered in endometrial cancer genes may directly impact treatment plans for women with aggressive endometrial cancer, as well as the classification of endometrial cancer tumors.

The CEO Roundtable on Cancer recently accredited Teledyne Brown Engineering, Inc.

Clues about how cells become cancerous are revealed in a new catalogue of their physical and chemical features.

Stomach cancer is cancer that occurs in the stomach - the muscular sac located in the upper middle of your abdomen, just below your ribs.