Germline BRCA 1 and BRCA 2 test results were available for all 450 men. These revealed 27 germline BRCA2 variants (6%), but only two germline BRCA1 variants (0.5%), and one of these probably wasn ...

In women with BRCA1 mutations, hormonal contraceptives were associated with a significantly higher risk for breast cancer in a dose-response relationship, researchers reported in an observational ...

BP1 is a key player in DNA repair and together with BRCA1 regulate selection of DNA double strand break repair mechanisms. Localization of DNA repair factors to sites of DNA damage by 53BP1 is ...