MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'cancer genetics'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:39:35 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4259133&cid=t_168285_136_f&fid=36032&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.everydayhealth.com%2Fblog%2Flife-with-breast-cancer%2Fcan-you-afford-to-find-out-if-you-are-at-high-risk-for-breast-cancer%2F Let’s face it: Women who test positive for either of the genetic mutations for breast cancer have an unenviable disadvantage. According to the National Cancer Institute, breast cancer risk among the general population is about 12 percent, while about 60 percent of women with BRCA1 or BRCA2 will develop breast cancer — that’s five times the risk. Also, the average age for the general population to develop breast cancer is 60, yet the average age of onset in those with a genetic predisposition to breast cancer is in the 40s. If you are in one of these groups, you need to know it. Genetic testing is the only way to determine if you are in either of these high-risk groups. I am a huge advocate for testing since it saved Sister’s life; she had an early hysterectomy that discovered s... Life with Breast Cancer blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4259133 Tue, 14 Dec 2010 15:16:56 +0100 4259133 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3946452&cid=t_168285_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fjamas-breast-and-ovarian-cancer-article-getting-the-facts-straight%2F2010.09.08 Journalist Andrew Holtz has been a colleague for longer than probably either one of us wants to remember. He is currently one of our story reviewers on HealthNewsReview.org. In fact, he was one of the reviewers on four stories we analyzed last week on the same study. He thought there were some important take-home messages that rose above the walls of our formal systematic review, so he wrote this guest blog post, and we thank him for it: The Sept. 1 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association included an article that is likely to have a strong influence on the advice given to women who have a very high risk of breast and ovarian cancer linked to mutations of the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes. Of the four stories we reviewed, only the AP report scored well on our review criteria. I kno... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3946452 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 21:00:38 +0100 3946452 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1502604&cid=t_168285_131_f&fid=34989&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FGeneticsHealth%2F%7E3%2F308131261%2F   Logo by Ricardo at My Biotech Life Gene Genie Genetics Carnival #33  is hosted by Mo from Neurophilosophy.   Mo has a great series of genetics related articles from all the best genetics blogs in the world.  In this edition, there is a strong emphasis on cancer. There’s also a focus on leukodystrophy, and a special section on personalized genetics. Well worth a read! Elaine Warburton  www.geneticsandhealth.com Tags: Blogroll, cancer, Genetics Blogging, genetics carnivals, leukodystrophyShare This (Source: Genetics and Health) Genetics and Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1502604 Mon, 09 Jun 2008 16:26:20 +0100 1502604 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1127362&cid=t_168285_131_f&fid=34989&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FGeneticsHealth%2F%7E3%2F210386171%2F   (Photo courtesy of Jim Mills) Scott at b5’s Health and Men has written a great article on bottled water and the recycling debate. I would like to add my views on bottled water from a genetics perspective. I drink bottled water quite regularly but each time I ask the question …why?  It’s often over 2 years old with another year to go before the sell-by date expires. Now would you drink 2-3 year old water? Another factor which really concerns me is that over this time the water has been surrounded by plastic - with all those carcinogens leaching into it waiting to play ‘rearrange my DNA’…. not a pleasant thought!  Now I try and fill my plastic bottle with tap water - a lot cheaper, fresher and hopefully a tadge more healthy as well!  But then ... Genetics and Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1127362 Thu, 03 Jan 2008 08:55:43 +0100 1127362 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1096682&cid=t_168285_131_f&fid=34989&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FGeneticsHealth%2F%7E3%2F200731286%2F   My team and I at Opaldia are reeling with the amazing world-wide press we have received for partnering and supporting the development and distribution of DiaGenic’s  breast cancer early detection test, through our national network of breast clinics. The Scientific Team at DiaGenic, headed up by MD Erik Christensen, are developing a number of disease specific gene signatures, the first of which to become commercially available  is an expression array for the early detection of breast cancer from a blood sample. The simplest explanation of the DiaGenic test is that it works by ‘tapping’ into the body’s own genetic based alarm system for breast cancer.  When the body detects cancerous cells it will switch on genes to defend itself against the cancer.  By ... Genetics and Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1096682 Sat, 15 Dec 2007 11:40:36 +0100 1096682 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1003640&cid=t_168285_131_f&fid=34989&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FGeneticsHealth%2F%7E3%2F180024585%2F Each year more than 1 million people worldwide die of lung cancer. Lung adenocarcinoma is the most common cause of lung cancer. An article in Nature reports a study by MIT and Harvard and part-funded by the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) which has identified a specific proto-oncogene called NKX2-1 on chromosome 14 that appears in as many as 12% of lung adenocarcinomas.  This gene is essential in the development of cells that line the alveoli of the lungs.  Without the gene, death will occur at birth because of the inability to breathe.  As it is a proto-oncogene, it can mutate into a gene that promotes the development of cancer. The research team also found 57 frequent genomic changes in their analysis of the genetics of tumors taken from lung cancer patients. For more... Genetics and Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1003640 Mon, 05 Nov 2007 12:35:59 +0100 1003640 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1001662&cid=t_168285_131_f&fid=34989&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FGeneticsHealth%2F%7E3%2F179128673%2F Following my article on ‘Cold sore viruses may be linked to Alzheimer’s’, my fellow b5 Science and Health channel blogger Scott at Health and Menhas written a rather scary article on HPV’s role in some types of head and neck cancers and researchers are attributing this to … well, I’ll let you read his blog on this subject!!!! Elaine Warburton BSc RN ACA  b5 media Genetics and Health correspondent www.geneticsandhealth.com Share This (Source: Genetics and Health) Genetics and Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1001662 Sat, 03 Nov 2007 09:04:22 +0100 1001662 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=696906&cid=t_168285_132_f&fid=35001&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nodalpoint.org%2F2007%2F06%2F25%2Fsciview_part_3_interview_with_jeremy_squire The SciView project is back with another interview. This time, Dr Jeremy Squire answered my questions. He is cytogeneticist from the Ontario Cancer Institute, so I tried to get his view on some bioinformatics topics as wet lab scientist. Some great advices and opinions in his answers, not only for bioinformaticians. http://blindscientist.genedrift.org/2007/06/25/sciview-part-3-interview-... read more (Source: nodalpoint.org - A bioinformatics weblog) nodalpoint.org - A bioinformatics weblog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=696906 Mon, 25 Jun 2007 15:32:27 +0100 696906