Over 50 pieces of coverage across print, radio and broadcast including international media. BBC website: Breast cancer gene linked to Orkney islands The BBC online story had 1.5 million readers within the 1st day of publication. Click to read more In the written press: The Orcadian: Orkney gene variant linked to cancer risk The Orcadian: Health organisations welcome Westray genetic testing pilot The Orcadian: Testing launches for Westray-linked cancer gene The Times: Tracking the cancer gene that travelled from Orkney to New Zealand The Daily Mail: Breast and ovarian cancer gene is linked to Orkney as women from the isles are 10 times more likely to develop the disease, study finds The Guardian: One in a hundred people with Orkney heritage have gene increasing risk of cancer Altmetric: Overview of attention for article published in European Journal of Human Genetics, March 2023: 'Clinical case study meets population cohort: identification of BRCA1 pathogenic founder variant in Orcadians' This article was published on 2024-07-22
