Every woman with a mutated BRCA1 or BRCA2 gene should have their ovaries removed to lower their risk of ovarian cancer, said Susan Domchek, MD, one of the educational sessions speakers at the 2010 ...

The protein p53, best known as the "guardian of the genome" for its role in preventing cancer, can affect blood vessels in ...

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How do cancer cells travel beyond the primary tumor, stay dormant for years and then suddenly wake up, causing cancer to recur? Researchers at Mount Sinai believe they may have found one answer—and ...

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Frequent aspirin use is linked with lower ovarian cancer risk in individuals with multiple risk factors, according to a new study published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology. “Ovarian cancer is the ...

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Co-author Professor Robin Fåhraeus, INSERM, Paris said: 'This is an exciting development for our understanding of how p53 contributes to preventing cancer development. In humans, the same p53 protein ...