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...past five years, scientists have studied several different genes thought to be related to breast cancer. If several genes can be identified as positively correlated to breast cancer incidence, doctors can then screen women and identify those high-risk women who possess the genes before a tumor has actually formed...
Unfortunately, physicians are able to characterize only a fraction of breast cancer patients as belonging to the "high risk" category before a tumor is actually identified...
Approximately a quarter of breast cancer cases are associated with a family history of the disease or a hormonal abnormality. But the majority of patients lack characteristics which might have been considered precursors for breast cancer, leaving their risks undetectable...
Clinical studies currently underway measure both the number of blood vessels and the amount of bFGF which is necessary to "turn on" angiogenests. Scientists believe that high levels of blood vessels and protein will correlate with a higher incidence of breast cancer, allowing for another diagnostic device...
Epidemiological studies, those which collect cast amounts of data useful in predicting risks, are also utilized by some scientists to determine the causes of breast cancer. Dr. Susan I. Troyan, a breast surgeon and director of research at the Faulkner Hospital in Jamaica Plain, is one such researcher...