Ribbon structure of the BRCA2 protein. Mutations in the BRCA2 gene are linked to increased risk of breast cancer. New work from UC Davis shows how individual BRCA2 proteins work to repair damaged DNA, ...

Thoracic Radiotherapy Improves the Survival in Patients With EGFR-Mutated Oligo-Organ Metastatic Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer Treated With Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor–Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors: A ...

The breast cancer type 2 susceptibility (BRCA2) protein, which is frequently mutated in hereditary breast cancer, is involved in the repair of DNA double-strand breaks by homologous recombination ...

Scientists have taken pictures of the BRCA2 protein for the first time, showing how it works to repair damaged DNA. The findings showed that each pair of BRCA2 proteins binds two sets of RAD51 that ...

The past decade has witnessed a rapid expansion of genetic tests, including new instruments to inform patients who have been diagnosed with breast cancer about the risk of recurrence and to guide ...

The FDA approved niraparib and abiraterone acetate (Akeega) in combination with prednisone for treating BRCA2-mutated metastatic castration-sensitive prostate cancer (mCSPC), the agency announced on ...

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The initials BRCA2 may be best known for a gene associated with many cases of breast cancer, and the protein encoded by the BRCA2 gene is critical to repairing breaks in DNA. The breakdown of this ...

More than 14,000 women learn they have ovarian cancer each year, and despite recent advances in the treatment of the disease, the prognosis remains discouraging. For newly diagnosed patients, fewer ...

new study shows exactly how the gene BRCA2, linked to susceptibility to breast and ovarian cancer, functions to repair damaged DNA. By studying BRCA2 at the level of single molecules, researchers at ...