Inherited mutations in the gene BRCA2 significantly increase the risk of carriers to breast and ovarian cancers. BRCA2, a crucial player in the body's DNA repair system, aids in repairing damaged DNA.

JOHNSTOWN, Pa. – With September’s Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month campaign wrapping up, health care providers are shifting their focus to October’s Breast Cancer Awareness Month events. They are ...

Mathew Knowles gets candid about surviving breast cancer and living with the BRCA2 gene mutation. Mathew Knowles is honoring Breast Cancer Awareness Month by opening up about his own experience as a ...

In a study of more than 31,000 women who have inherited mutations in BRCA1 or BRCA2 genes, researchers determined that the level of risk for breast and ovarian cancer is dependent on the type of ...

Mutations in the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes are linked to triple-negative breast cancer. Women of African, Hispanic, and Ashkenazi ...

They are genes commonly associated with breast cancer in women, but in fact men who carry certain mutations in their BRCA1 or BRCA2 genes are at higher risk of developing certain types of cancer ...

We talked to experts about new research connecting mutations in BRCA genes to other forms of cancer besides breast and ovarian. If you typically think of BRCA gene mutations along with certain breast ...

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Figure 1: Photograph of agarose gel electrophoresis showing PCR-RFLP of BRCA2 and HOXB13 gene mutation mentioned in Table 1. (A) Here P1, P3, and P4 shows the positive results for BRCA2 gene mutation.