{"id":1400,"date":"2015-08-05T07:57:37","date_gmt":"2015-08-05T07:57:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/surgeryandcancer\/?p=1400"},"modified":"2015-08-05T07:57:37","modified_gmt":"2015-08-05T07:57:37","slug":"dna-discovery-confirms-new-clinical-biomarker-in-predicting-breast-cancer-risk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/surgeryandcancer\/2015\/08\/05\/dna-discovery-confirms-new-clinical-biomarker-in-predicting-breast-cancer-risk\/","title":{"rendered":"DNA discovery confirms new clinical biomarker in predicting breast cancer risk"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fcbkbttn_buttons_block\" id=\"fcbkbttn_left\"><div class=\"fcbkbttn_button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/surgeryandcancer\/wp-content\/plugins\/facebook-button-plugin\/images\/standard-facebook-ico.png\" alt=\"Fb-Button\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"fcbkbttn_like \"><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/surgeryandcancer\/2015\/08\/05\/dna-discovery-confirms-new-clinical-biomarker-in-predicting-breast-cancer-risk\/\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\" layout=\"standard\"  width=\"225px\" size=\"small\"><\/fb:like><\/div><\/div><p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/surgeryandcancer\/files\/2015\/08\/Cancer.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"484\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1404\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/surgeryandcancer\/files\/2015\/08\/Cancer.jpg\" alt=\"Cancer\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imperial.ac.uk\/people\/j.flanagan\">Dr James Flanagan <\/a>&#8211; Senior Lecturer in the Division of Cancer has been involved in research looking into identifying a new biomarker in the blood that could help identify more women at a high risk of breast cancer.<\/p>\n<p>In a prospective study, researchers from Imperial College London and the Human Genetics Foundation (HuGeF) in Torino, Italy, have concluded that DNA\u00a0methylation levels in blood cells are associated with breast cancer risk, and could be used to identify women at high risk of developing the disease.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www3.imperial.ac.uk\/newsandeventspggrp\/imperialcollege\/newssummary\/news_4-8-2015-16-22-45\">Full article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr James Flanagan &#8211; Senior Lecturer in the Division of Cancer has been involved in research looking into identifying a new biomarker in the blood that could help identify more women at a high risk of breast cancer. 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