The Melbourne Newsroom

Professor Melissa Southey of the University of Melbourne Genetic Epidemiology Laboriatory discusses the first breast cancer risk gene to be discovered using the latest genetic sequencing technology and how this could be applied to isolating other cancer causing genes.

An international team of researchers led by the University of Melbourne has used new technology to fast track the discovery of a breast cancer risk gene which could assist in the discovery of other cancer genes.

Mothers, sisters and daughters from breast cancer families with known genetic mutations do not all share the same high risk of developing the disease, according to a new international study involving the University of Melbourne.

Women with a strong family history of breast cancer, but no genetic link, are not consistent in how they perceive their risk or in their efforts to manage the risk, leading some women to not adequately access breast cancer services, a University of Melbourne study has found.

Ground-breaking research into how breast and ovarian cancers spread has won Dr Wen Qiu from the University of Melbourne the prestigious 2011 Premier’s Award for Health and Medical Research.

Close relatives of women diagnosed with breast cancer before the age of 35 years are at an increased risk of developing other cancers, according to a University of Melbourne led study, published in the British Journal of Cancer today.

Scientists from the University of Melbourne will investigate new tools that could accurately predict breast cancer risk after receiving more than $100,000 in funding from the Victorian Government’s 2010 Victorian Cancer Agency grants.

A University of Melbourne study has revealed that certain breast cancer genetic variants increase mammographic density, confirming the link between mammographic breast density and breast cancer.