EXCLUSIVE: Cancer Research UK is funding hundreds of genetic tests to personalise cancer treatment.

Of the many advances in science and technology over the past 25 years, genetic testing is arguably one of the most notable. Once a rare part of health care, it is now becoming much more common. It’s ...

Cancer treatment is becoming more personalized. By considering a patient's unique genetic and molecular profile, along with their lifestyle and environmental factors, doctors can make more accurate ...

You might hear about your risk of ovarian cancer through an aunt, mother, sister or grandmother. For some, there are no signs of hereditary cancer in the family, but genetic testing still reveals a ...

Did you know that a simple genetic test called DNA testing is all that is needed to understand if you are at risk of ...

Population-based pathogenic variant testing identified breast cancer susceptibility gene carriers who would often be missed ...

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 ...

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 ...

Aimee Knight underwent genetic testing and preventive surgeries after losing her mother and grandmother to ovarian cancer. Despite removing her ovaries, Aimee was diagnosed with incurable stage 3 ...

Hundreds of thousands of people diagnosed with cancer are still alive today, but were never genetically tested, either because testing was not available or was not routinely offered at the time of ...

"Bauer sucht Frau" star Anna Heiser has received the results of her cancer genetic test. Opening the message was anything but ...