Breast Cancer Trials

First Australian BRCA-P participants: Meet the cousins helping to prevent breast cancer for women with a BRCA1 gene mutation

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Synopsis

Cousin's Raylee and Lisa are the first Australian participants in the ground-breaking BRCA-P clinical trial. The BRCA-P trial is a prevention trial which is testing the effectiveness of a drug called Denosumab in preventing breast cancer in women with a BRCA1 gene mutation, like Lisa and Raylee. This treatment has been fast tracked from the lab to a stage three clinical trial due to it's impressive pre-clinical results. Listen in as Lisa and Raylee tell us what it's like to know you have a 70% risk of being diagnosed with breast cancer due to the BRCA1 gene mutation, what it's been like participating in the BRCA-P clinical trial and what their children think about their 50/50 chance of having the BRCA1 gene mutation. To find out more about the BRCA-P clinical trial visit www.breastolution.com.auTo find out more about our life-saving research, or to support our research visit www.breastcancertrials.org.au