Health experts say testing can help doctors identify people who may benefit from earlier screenings, additional imaging, or ...

Even though a large proportion of cancer patients carry genetic mutations that make them more susceptible to cancer, only a small percentage of them — and their family members — undergo potentially ...

In 2023, Jill Martin took a test that changed her life. She underwent genetic testing for breast cancer and learned she had a BRCA2 mutation, which increases one’s risk of developing breast and other ...

Researchers at McGill University have discovered a centuries-old genetic mutation that helps to explain why some ...

For Josh Henderson, 66, of Olympia, getting genetic testing was a no-brainer. “The first time I came to Fred Hutch, my oncologist suggested it,” said the retired IT manager who received a metastatic ...

A new preclinical study led by researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and Weill Cornell Medicine has uncovered genetic and cell-state adaptive mechanisms that drive ...

The Lung Cancer Genetics Study aims to identify genetic variations linked to lung cancer, enhancing risk assessments and treatment strategies. Collaboration between 23andMe and lung cancer advocates ...

Cancer genetics is the field that elucidates how genetic and epigenetic alterations drive the transformation of normal cells into malignant tumours. At its core, cancer is a genetic disease, arising ...

Why do two people with the same cancer diagnosis—the same stage, the same cell type, and the same clinical profile—often have ...

Whitney Maxwell, MS, CGC, stands at the helm of the Inherited Cancer Research Shared Resource at Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah, overseeing a dynamic team of genetic counselors, ...

Most women have a sense that alcohol is “bad for breast cancer risk.” What is far less understood are the actual numbers—and ...

Jackie Tohn opened up to PEOPLE about "saving my own life" by undergoing a preventive double mastectomy after testing ...