DrBiancastella Cereser
Research Associate
Department of Surgery & Cancer - Faculty of Medicine
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- Research AssociateDepartment of Surgery & Cancer - Faculty of Medicine
- ICTEM building, Hammersmith Campus, United Kingdom
RESEARCH
BREAST CANCER
Breast cancer is one of the most commonly diagnosed neoplasms in the world, with more than 50000 cases diagnosed in the UK. Early full-term pregnancy decreases long-term breast cancer risk, while leading to transient increase in risk of having cancer diagnosed soon after pregnancy. On the contrary, women bearing a child at a later age are more at risk in developing cancer compared to nulliparous women. By analysing low frequencies genomic DNA mutations in the normal and malignant mammary epithelium, we would like to understand the molecular dynamics underlying the correlation between age of first pregnancy and risk in developing breast cancer.
COLLABORATORS
Imperial College Tissue Bank
Komen Tissue Bank, Indiana University
Biobank Graz, Medical University Graz, Austria
Biobanko Vasco, Spain
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
our CURRENT group members :
Dr Nina Moderau - Research Associate
Dr Silvia Ottaviani - Honorary Lecturer
Michael Toeller - PhD student
Breast cancer is one of the most commonly diagnosed neoplasms in the world, with more than 50000 cases diagnosed in the UK. Early full-term pregnancy decreases long-term breast cancer risk, while leading to transient increase in risk of having cancer diagnosed soon after pregnancy. On the contrary, women bearing a child at a later age are more at risk in developing cancer compared to nulliparous women. By analysing low frequencies genomic DNA mutations in the normal and malignant mammary epithelium, we would like to understand the molecular dynamics underlying the correlation between age of first pregnancy and risk in developing breast cancer.
COLLABORATORS
Imperial College Tissue Bank
Komen Tissue Bank, Indiana University
Biobank Graz, Medical University Graz, Austria
Biobanko Vasco, Spain
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
our CURRENT group members :
Dr Nina Moderau - Research Associate
Dr Silvia Ottaviani - Honorary Lecturer
Michael Toeller - PhD student