Have you heard of PALB2? Everyone has two PALB2 genes, one from their mother and one from their father. When the genes work properly, they make a protein that works with another gene to repair damaged ...

New research found that the risk of developing breast cancer increased in women who had mutations of a gene related to BRCA2, the PALB2 gene. New research found that the risk of developing breast ...

BRCA gene mutations are well known indicators of a person’s risk for breast cancer, however the PALB2 mutation is the third most prevalent breast cancer gene experts say people should be aware of in ...

Are you at risk for breast cancer? Genetic research may be exploding, but there’s an information gap when it comes to spreading the new information. After learning she carried a lesser-known but ...

A lesser-known gene mutation is causing alarm over its ability to significantly increase the risk of breast cancer. The gene, PALB2, typically helps repair DNA damage in cells and stops tumor growth.

An under-recognized genetic mutation is linked to an increased risk of breast cancer. New guidelines recommend screening for the variant, which can inform choices like mastectomies. The mutation, to ...

The news that would change my life came on an ordinary day last April. After a productive day of writing and then cooking dinner, I answered my cellphone to a semi-hysterical daughter. The results of ...

Many women breathe a sigh of relief when they test negative for BRCA gene mutations, which raise the risk for breast, ovarian and other cancers. But that's not the end of the hereditary risk story.

Most of us have heard about the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes. Men and women with a personal and/or family history of breast cancer have been offered testing for mutations in these two genes for a number of ...

In the largest study of people with inherited PALB2 mutations to date, the gene was linked to increased lifetime risk of breast cancer in women and men, ovarian and pancreatic cancer but not prostate ...

Breast cancer had always been very prevalent in Aimee Dinschel’s life. Breast cancer had always been very prevalent in Aimee Dinschel’s life. So many family members had been impacted — her mother, two ...