It impacts roughly 1 in 300 Americans — and puts people at a higher risk of developing cancer before age 50.

Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women, making up 30% of all new cases each year. Knowledge is power when it comes to detection and prevention of this disease: Genetic testing can play an ...

An oncologist believes more genetic testing could be among answers to improving the health of Bermudians. Kevin Hughes, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Zhan says other contributing factors include radon levels in homes, fumes from cooking and secondhand smoke.

Thyroid cancer represents the most common endocrine malignancy, and its genetic underpinnings are increasingly being elucidated through advanced genomic methodologies. Research in this area has ...

Metastases are a key problem in many types of cancer. As descendants of the primary tumor, they can grow in other organs ...

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 ...