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Articles:

2010.  July 21.  The Sydney Morning Herald.  Ovarian Cancer Genetic Marker Found
2010.  July 8.  HemOnctoday.
Olaparib improved response in BRCA-mutated breast, ovarian cancers2010.  July 9.  The Huffington Post.  I Want my Body Back - Why Corporations Shouldn't Hold Gene Patents
2010.  July 15.  Canadian Press.  Know your pedigree
2010.  July 12.  The Philadelphia Inquirer.  Cancer drug olaparib shows early promise
2010.  July 7.  PHG Foundation.  Latest twist in gene patent saga as BRCA patent revoked.
2010.  July 6.  CTV News.  Drug slows tumors in some breast cancers (particularly BRCA1/2).

2010.  June 24.  The Press Association.  Two cancers linked by faulty gene
2010.  Summer.  Cure Today.com.  The Genes That Bind
2010.  February 9.  CBC News.  Antidepressant interferes with breast-cancer drug
2009.  September 21.  Drugs target tumour cells with BRCA and PTEN mutations.

Journals & Research:

2010.  PHG Foundation.  Risk of breast cancer in male BRCA2 carriers.  Dr. Phillipa Brice.

   Oral Contraceptives and the Risk of Breast Cancer in BRCA1 and   BRCA2 Mutation
   Carriers: 
 http://jnci.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/reprint/94/23/1773


PARP Inhibitors: 
Dr. Anil Joy

2008 December.  Canadian Family Physician . Hereditary breast and ovarian cancers.
Vol. 54, No. 12, , pp.1691 - 1692


Magazines:

   2008.  October.  Canadian Living  HBOC Society member Tanya Stella is featured in an
   article about prevention and management of hereditary breast cancer. HBOC Society
   member, Sheri Ozirny is also interviewed .

   http://www.canadianliving.com/health/prevention/the_breast_cancer_gene.php

Other:

Dr. Dawna M. Gilchrist.  Update in BRCA
Dr. Dawna Gilchrist - Genetics Clinic Referrals
Genetic Testing - Promise or Peril
Genetic Testing - Is it for you?
The Genetic Testing Process

Radio:

2010.   Edmonton CHED Radio HBOC Interview.  Audio Vault (choose June 30 (6:00)

YouTube:

New Vaccine for hereditary breast cancer?:          
   
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91ppaM83QsQ

 Breakthoughs:
   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Uv8zoT9994
  
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BtS2KkhDuKo
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RP4y_z4g1NM
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlFdsxy0DHs

Archives:

February 2009.  The Edmonton Journal.  HBOC member Lianne Hanson's breast cancer diagnosis journey told in a 3-part series:
Article 1
Article 2
Article 3

2008.  June 7.  The Plain Dealer.  The The Inheritance: My family's legacy of breast cancer
2008.  May 24.  Globe and Mail - Cancer test a genetic crystal ball for Jewish women
2007.  September 27.  New York Times - Cancer Free at 33, but Weighing a Mastectomy 

2005.  Breast Cancer Research.  Changes in body weight and the risk of breast cancer in BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers