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Gene Testing Launched In Breast Cancer Study
Gene Testing Launched In Breast Cancer Study
With one in four Bahamian women carrying a possibly deadly genetic mutation related to breast cancer, a study of hereditary breast cancer has been launched to raise awareness and save lives.
Genetic tests confirm high-risk breast cancer group
Genetic tests confirm high-risk breast cancer group
The results are in from a crucial phase of a years-long, groundbreaking breast cancer study involving Bahamian women: Twenty-five percent of their relatives who participated in genetic testing have been found to have a genetic mutation.
"That basically means that they're at a very high risk of developing breast cancer," said Dr. Judith Hurley, a breast cancer specialist at the University of Miami ...
Tackling Breast Cancer Head-on, Cleveland Clinic Doctor Answers Tough Questions on Breast Cancer and Treatment Options Available Today
Breast cancer is no stranger to women. Whether you’ve lost someone to it, or supported a loved on their healing journey, women worldwide are too familiar with the disease.
Understanding the Connection Between Genetics and Breast Cancer
Breast cancer is the most common malignancy in The Bahamas. It attacks Bahamian women with a ferocity unseen anywhere else in the world … being diagnosed two decades earlier and two stages later than in North America. Sadly, it is the leading cause of death among Bahamian women...
Hereditary breast cancer: Are you at risk?
Hereditary breast cancer: Are you at risk?
For about five to 10 percent of women diagnosed with breast cancer, hereditary factors are the root cause.
Hereditary Breast Cancer: Are You at Risk?
Hereditary Breast Cancer: Are You at Risk?
For about five to ten percent of women diagnosed with breast cancer, hereditary factors are the root cause. In fact, having a first-degree (mother, sister, daughter) relative with breast cancer, increases the potential that you are carrying a mutated breast cancer gene.
Ride for Hope to return to Eleuthera
Ride for Hope to return to Eleuthera
RIDE FOR Hope is going back to its roots in Eleuthera for its 10th anniversary charity bike-athon next year, the organisers announced yesterday.
Ride for Hope bike-a-thon returning to Eleuthera
Ride for Hope bike-a-thon returning to Eleuthera
Ride for Hope has announced that it is going back to its roots for its 10th anniversary charity bike-a-thon. Scheduled for Saturday, 18 February, the 2017 event will be hosted, once again, in Eleuthera.
Komen Bahamas Registration Opens
Race for the Cure registration opens
Race for the Cure registration opens
Registration for the 2016 Susan G. Komen Bahamas Race for the Cure is now open.