Genomics|Update|Current: Non-Communicable Diseases ► Cancer

Genomics|Update|Current

Non-Communicable Diseases

Cancer

Clinical decisions: Screening an asymptomatic person for genetic risk--polling results 
Schulte J, et al. N Engl J Med 2014 Nov;371(20):e30

Combined associations of genetic and environmental risk factors: implications for prevention of breast cancer 
Garcia-Closas M, et al. J Natl Cancer Inst 2014 Nov;106(11)

Health professionals' evaluation of delivering treatment-focused genetic testing to women newly diagnosed with breast cancer 
Douma KF, et al. Fam Cancer 2014 Nov

How can next-generation sequencing (genomics) help us in treating colorectal cancer? 
Ciombor KK, et al. Curr Colorectal Cancer Rep. 2014 Dec 1;10(4):372-379.

How many etiological subtypes of breast cancer: two, three, four, or more?
Anderson WF, et al.  J Natl Cancer Inst. 2014 Aug 12;106(8).

Personalized cocktails vanquish resistant cancers. Tailored approach uses cultured tumor samples to find effective drug combinations. 
Heidi Ledford Nature News 13 November 2014 

Population-based genetic risk prediction and stratification for ovarian cancer: views from women at high risk 
Rahman B, et al. Fam Cancer 2014 Nov

Randomized controlled trial of a telephone-based peer-support program for women carrying aBRCA1 or BRCA2 mutation: Impact on psychological distress 
Victoria M. White, et al. J Clinical Oncology, November 17, 2014

Tumour genomic and microenvironmental heterogeneity for integrated prediction of 5-year biochemical recurrence of prostate cancer: a retrospective cohort study
Emilie Lalonde, et al. Lancet Oncology 2014 Nov 13

Prostate cancer researchers develop personalized genetic test to predict recurrence risk,Medical Xpress, Nov 12