SGO: Mutation Link to Ovarian Cancer Disputed

Another reason not to rely on genetics for an obesity "cure."

Developers of a genetic-susceptibility test for ovarian cancer might have jumped the gun, according to a research consortium that found no association between a KRAS mutation and risk of the cancer...

The investigators also found no association between KRAS mutation and overall survival or progression-free survival, as reported here at the Society of Gynecologic Oncology meeting.

"These data exclude the possibility of an association between the KRAS single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) and a clinically significant risk of sporadic or familial ovarian cancer," said Andrew Berchuck, MD, of Duke University.

So much for the accuracy of genetics.