Gene: BAP1

ICARE Featured Video July 2020

BAP1

Below you may watch a featured video from the July 2020 Genetics Case Conference, which focused on BAP1 with guest expert Dr. Mohamed Abdel-Rahman from The Ohio State University.     To learn more about the BAP1 study, please click here. To refer your patients to the BAP1 study, please contact The Ohio State University BAP1 …

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ICARE Social Media Post May 2020

Platinum Based Chemotherapy for Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer

A recent study found that patients with metastatic pancreatic cancer who had mutations in the DNA repair genes (either inherited or just in the tumor) had better clinical outcomes after platinum-based chemotherapy compared to patients without these mutations. Check out the link to full article: https://clincancerres.aacrjournals.org/content/early/2020/05/20/1078-0432.CCR-20-0418

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ICARE Newsletter Summer 2015

The Rapid Pace of Discovering More Inherited Cancer Genes Continues

Over the last few months, a number of additional genes associated with inherited cancer predisposition have been identified. A few of these genes include: 1) the RECQL gene which appears to be another rare gene involved in inherited breast cancer1; 2) the SMAD9 gene associated with hamartomatous polyposis and ganglioneuromas of the intestinal tract2; 3) …

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