/channels/news_feeds/all/term/William%20Foulkes/rss en /channels/channels/news/common-hereditary-cancer-mutation-quebec-traced-single-ancestor-366066 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Researchers have shed new light on the most common genetic variant linked to hereditary cancer in Quebec鈥檚 French-Canadian population. Their findings could result in cheaper and more effective screening methods.</p> <p>The variant is associated with Lynch syndrome, a condition that greatly increases the risk of colorectal and other cancers.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/gettyimages-696241690.jpg?itok=ZS73cZue" width="160" height="90" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">17 </span><span class="month">July </span><span class="year">2025</span></div></div></div></div></div> Thu, 17 Jul 2025 18:17:28 +0000 webfull 210069 at /channels /channels/channels/news/experts-cancer-screening-guidelines-365817 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>The federal government is expected to overhaul Canada鈥檚 cancer screening task force following criticism that its recommendations are outdated and lacked expert input. Breast cancer screening is a key focus, with growing pressure to lower the starting age to 40.</p> <p>9I制作厂免费 experts are available to speak to the debate, including:</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/cancer_screening_pic.jpg?itok=bfdu5GkV" width="160" height="107" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">19 </span><span class="month">June </span><span class="year">2025</span></div></div></div></div></div> Thu, 19 Jun 2025 14:20:37 +0000 webfull 209778 at /channels /channels/channels/news/universal-genetic-testing-breast-cancer-patients-could-help-many-361933 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><!-- x-tinymce/html --></p> <p>A new study demonstrates how universal genetic testing for breast cancer can ensure no patient is missed for advanced therapies.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/gettyimages-1311263266.jpg?itok=wmHgMy0s" width="160" height="107" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">9 </span><span class="month">December </span><span class="year">2024</span></div></div></div></div></div> Mon, 09 Dec 2024 13:48:35 +0000 webfull 205247 at /channels /channels/channels/news/shared-genetic-marker-offers-new-promise-targeting-specific-ovarian-and-lung-cancers-293962 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Two new papers, published simultaneously in <i>Nature Communications</i> and led by researchers at 9I制作厂免费, offer promise that a drug currently used to treat estrogen positive breast cancer may be effective in treating two different types of cancer, one rare and one common form.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/img_1498.jpeg?itok=PfX4_IVK" width="160" height="171" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">4 </span><span class="month">February </span><span class="year">2019</span></div></div></div></div></div> Mon, 04 Feb 2019 15:52:24 +0000 webfull 145651 at /channels /channels/channels/news/searching-signature-causes-brcaness-breast-cancer-269723 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><em>By Tom Ulrich from the <a href="http://www.broadinstitute.org/news/searching-signature-causes-brcaness-breast-cancer">Broad Institute</a></em></p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">22 </span><span class="month">August </span><span class="year">2017</span></div></div></div></div></div> Tue, 22 Aug 2017 14:18:49 +0000 webfull 130382 at /channels /channels/news/limiting-genetic-tests-breast-cancer-susceptibility-253207 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Screening for genes whose risk association with breast cancer has yet to be proven is not justified and potentially harmful, argue an international team of leading geneticists and oncologists in a paper published this week in the prestigious <em>New England Journal of Medicine.</em></p> <p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/consult_doctor_patient_genetic_counselling.jpg?itok=j9aQnsPK" width="160" height="107" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">1 </span><span class="month">June </span><span class="year">2015</span></div></div></div></div></div> Mon, 01 Jun 2015 20:26:05 +0000 webfull 110355 at /channels /channels/news/new-breast-cancer-gene-identified-248713 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div 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