An affordable new BRCA gene test has hit the market, but who should take it? — -- A new genetic testing kit that hits the market today is the most affordable, and arguably one of the simplest, ...

Men with BRCA1 and BRCA2 gene mutations should be given annual prostate cancer screening checks, leading scientists have said ...

Pathway Genomics said that it has launched BRCATrue, a next- generation sequencing and deletion/duplication analysis that can detect mutations in BRCA1 and BRCA2, the genes linked to breast, ovarian ...

Her aunt’s breast cancer revelation, which was kept a secret, led Olumba to genetic testing and early detection that ...

ROANOKE, Va. – It’s estimated that more than 42,000 people will die from breast cancer this year, according to the American Cancer Society. To help you understand if you’re at a greater risk of ...

Siddhartha Yadav, MD, discusses real-world data demonstrating the mass underutilization of BRCA testing in patients with breast cancer. At San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium 2023, Siddhartha Yadav, ...

About 1 in 8 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer in her lifetime. But the proportion who develop the common cancer as a result of a genetic mutation — namely to the BRCA1 or BRCA2 genes — is ...

Men with BRCA1 and BRCA2 gene mutations should be offered annual PSA testing from the age of 40 to detect prostate cancer at ...

Should screening for BRCA1/2 mutations be expanded to all women diagnosed with breast cancer? This is the recommendation put forth in recent guidelines from the American Society of Clinical Oncology ...

In 2025, roughly two million people in the United States are expected to be diagnosed with some form of the disease.