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Results 1 - 10 of 34 for cancer
  1. ... will or will not develop certain forms of cancer. Many other factors, including sex, age, diet and exercise, ethnic background, a history of previous cancer, hormonal and reproductive factors, and family history also ...
  2. ... tumor, its location, and for cancerous tumors, the cancer stage. Detection of ctDNA can be helpful in ... and Drug Administration for ctDNA testing to personalize cancer treatment is limited. Monitoring treatment. A decrease in ...
  3. ... the chimeric antigen receptor (CAR), that attaches to cancer cells. The modified immune cells can specifically attack cancer cells. RNA therapy Several techniques, called RNA therapies, ...
  4. ... increase a person's risk of developing breast cancer and ovarian cancer . Particular variations in other genes, such as BARD1 ... much smaller impact on a person's breast cancer risk. Current research is focused on identifying genetic ...
  5. ... is associated with an increased risk of breast cancer and ovarian cancer , may not have developed cancer. Other individuals with secondary findings may have a ...
  6. ... incomplete) penetrance. Reduced penetrance often occurs with familial cancer syndromes. For example, many people with a variant ... BRCA1 or BRCA2 gene associated with an increased cancer risk will develop cancer during their lifetime, but ...
  7. ... rare cases, the most serious type of skin cancer (called melanoma ) may develop in this type of ... uncontrollably and become cancerous (malignant). The formation of cancer is increasingly likely when combined with environmental factors, ...
  8. ... diseases, such as high blood pressure, heart disease, cancer, and diabetes, than their same-age peers. The ... diseases (such as high blood pressure, heart disease, cancer, or type 2 diabetes ), these diseases appear later ...
  9. ... future health problems, such as certain forms of cancer. One well-known example is familial breast cancer related to mutations in the BRCA1 and BRCA2 ...
  10. ... called Leber congenital amaurosis , a form of skin cancer known as melanoma , and a genetic muscle condition ... genetic therapies have been approved for blood cell cancers such as lymphoma and multiple myeloma . Gene therapies ...
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