Tag: Breast Cancer

  • Health

    Gene variants significantly increase risk for breast cancer

    Newly identified inherited variants of a single gene increase breast cancer risk for women of European ancestry approximately 20 percent if they carry one copy of the gene and by 60 percent if they carry two copies. These variants, in the FGFR2 (Fibroblast Growth Factor Receptor 2) gene, were found in more than half of…

  • Campus & Community

    Writers support Hoffman Breast Center

    Harvard’s American Repertory Theatre (A.R.T.) hosted a very special event on May 21, “An Evening With Your Favorite Authors,” to benefit the Hoffman Breast Center at Harvard-affiliated Mt. Auburn Hospital.