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  1. Circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) is found in the bloodstream and refers to DNA that comes from cancerous cells and tumors. Most DNA is inside a cell’s nucleus. As a tumor grows, cells die and are replaced by new ...
  2. ... 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 ...
  3. ... development are not well understood. Although moles, like tumors, are an overgrowth of cells, moles are almost ... rare cases, the most serious type of skin cancer (called melanoma ) may develop in this type of ...
  4. ... 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, ...
  5. ... 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 ...
  6. ... 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 ...
  7. ... 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 ...
  8. ... removing genetically damaged cells that could lead to cancer, and it plays an important role in the ... cell cycle can lead to diseases such as cancer. When the cell cycle proceeds without control, cells ...
  9. ... 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 ...
  10. ... 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 ...
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