Pharmacogenetics is the study of how the genes in an individual are likely to influence the response towards a drug. The need for Pharmacogenetics: Pharmacogenetics helps to classify patients as those that are likely to respond, those that are unlikely to respond and those that are likely to experience or unlikely to experience toxicity following […]
What is BRCA1 and BRCA2? BRCA1 and BRCA2 are tumor suppressor genes, which means that they keep cells from growing too rapidly. Breast cancer susceptibility genes 1 and 2 (BRCA1 and BRCA2) are found in a wide variety of organisms and help stabilize the genome. If you have been tested positive for either BRCA1 or […]
Everyone has BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes which are responsible repairing DNA. Individuals having BRCA1/2 mutation are attributed to have a higher risk for triple negative breast cancer (TNBC). Some people inherit (germline) mutation from their parents which increases their risk of breast cancer due to deficient DNA repair mechanism. A person who has a BRCA1/2 […]
What is a metastatic disease? It basically refers to the stage of cancer that has spread over the body away from the primary site of cancer. Breast cancer has to be an increasing cause of mortality among all other types of cancers in women. In regard to Breast Cancer awareness month, this blog will inform […]
Preventive oncology is the need of the hour!!! If you have heard about cancer occurrence in your family and your genetic testing such as Myriad MyRisk results show that you are BRCA positive then you are definitely at higher risk of getting breast and / or ovarian cancer than the general population. Listed below are […]
