A new study published by the researchers at the University College London shows that DNA in a breast tissue could now be used to detect the formation of cancer cells in the breast area.
UPI confirmed this study by publishing the University's findings on the matter. Other factors that could determine the risk of having breast cancer were also discovered before and these include family history, genetics, female who got their periods at an early age and even the age of menopausal.
According to the research, these could be responsible in altering the genes that were originally found in breast cells and these, too, could help in detecting cancer found in the DNA.
This is a great progress because it means that doctors could now predict breast cancer and the risk could be determined as well since these findings.
In a report by Eve Appeal, the head of the Women's Cancer Department at University College London, Martin Widschwendterat, shared what this research can do to women's cancer and how crucial it is regarding the disease's development and prevention.
He explained, "We are working hard to understand the risk factors associated with epigenetic changes in normal breast tissue and how these predispose a woman to cancer. The application of these altered epigenetic signatures hold the key developing new interventions that could 'switch off' this epigenetic defect and hold the key to preventing cancer development."
This research was first published via Nature Communications' journal. It used the DNA of about 569 breast tissues, where 50 of them came from women without cancer at all and 42 came from women who have cancer. The also added 263 breast cancer samples to finalized their study. In result, over 30% of the DNA structure was altered from factors that could affect it showing cells could go from normal to cancerous.
