breast

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Surgeons around the country say ever-younger patients are taking measures to mitigate their breast cancer risk.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

BRCA1 significantly increases a person’s risk of developing certain cancers, including breast and ovarian.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026

Those women instead undergo a breast imaging procedure every six months and a physical exam.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026

New research involving more than 110,000 women found that those taking GLP-1 drugs, a category that includes semaglutide-based medications like Ozempic and Wegovy, were significantly less likely to develop breast cancer.

From Science Daily • Jun. 6, 2026

In humans, a mutant BRCA1 gene increases the risk for breast cancer—but not all women carrying the BRCA1 mutation develop cancer.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee