05-20-2008, 05:14 PM
One in 500 people carry the mutation, which they can pass on to their children, in a gene known as BRCA2, which normally controls part of the human body's defence against cancer.
The link between a faulty BRCA2 gene and breast and ovarian cancer is well understood, but the link to prostate cancer was previously only anecdotal and statistical.
Scientists at the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, and statisticians from the University of Melbourne, proved the link through kConFab (Kathleen Cuningham Foundation Consortium for research into Familial Breast cancer), a decade-long research effort that tracks families with multiple cases of breast and ovarian cancer.
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The link between a faulty BRCA2 gene and breast and ovarian cancer is well understood, but the link to prostate cancer was previously only anecdotal and statistical.
Scientists at the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, and statisticians from the University of Melbourne, proved the link through kConFab (Kathleen Cuningham Foundation Consortium for research into Familial Breast cancer), a decade-long research effort that tracks families with multiple cases of breast and ovarian cancer.
for full story click on this link
http://www.executivemindshare.com/?page=...cycode=rgx[/i]