Colon cancer risk: It’s often all in the family
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U-M expert says counseling, screening for genetic predisposition to colon canccancer can save lives.
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Click here to continue reading“Is Prostate Cancer Preventable?” featuring Dr. Schlegel (ProstateCancerMD)
“The most important thing to prevent prostate cancer is to pick your parents properly.” Dr. Schlegel (Department Chairman) of Cornell Urology discusses a question they face often—Can prostate cancer be prevented? They discuss the role of race, diet, genetic profile and review important steps we can take to decrease our risk of facing prostate cancer.
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Click here to continue readingLiberate the Breast Cancer Genes
On May 12, 2009, the ACLU and the Public Patent Foundation filed a suit on behalf of organizations and individuals representing over 150,000 health professionals and women’s groups and individuals. The suit, against the US Patent Office and Myriad Genetics, seeks to invalidate breast canccancer gene patents.
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http://www.aclu.org/brca
http://www.pubpat.org
Video produced for the ACLU by Joel Engardio
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Click here to continue readingcancer genetics inc.
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While a tremendous amount of research has been done on the causes of breast cancer, an exact breakdown by percentages or some such measure is still not completely accurate. Hormone levels and those levels related to age are factors. Diet and heredity are also among the most important indicators of breast cancer probability.
The hormones in question are estrogen and progesterone. Any levels significantly different from the average of the females at the age the woman is, represents an increase in probability of getting breast cancer. This includes age factors for the beginning age of menstruation as well as the ending age. If a girl begins menstruation at an early age, or a woman past middle age has not reached menopause, cancer risk increases.
Because of this connection, hormone therapy after menopause is not always a recommended practice – especially if there are is a family history
Click here to continue readingtumor suppressor genes cancer
when these tumor suppressor genes fail to work cancer can be result. explain what phrases in quotations means ?
the normal function of one tumor suppressor gene is to prevent cells with damaged chromosomes and DNA from “progressing from G1 to S” whereas another tumor suppressor gene prevents “passage from G2 to M”.
They are describing steps in the cell cycle and mitosis.
Do a lookup of mitosis on wikipedia.
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