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UrduA new University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center study published in JCO Precision Oncology demonstrates a feasible way to expand germline genetic testing for patients with cancer.
Tag: Cancer Genes
How Breast Cancer Arises
At a glance:
Researchers trace the origin of certain breast cancers to genomic reshuffling — rearrangement of chromosomes — that activates cancer genes and ignites disease.
The finding offers a long-missing explanation for many cases of the disease that remain unexplained by the classical model of breast cancer development.
The study shows the sex hormone estrogen — thus far thought to be only a fuel for breast cancer growth — can directly cause tumor-driving genomic rearrangements.