Despite major advances in genetic testing for breast cancer risk prediction, death rates remain disproportionately high among ...

Patients will be able to find out whether they have genes linked to cancer using a world-leading tool developed by the NHS.

Genetic ancestry plays a key role in determining the behavior of head and neck tumors and may help explain why African-American patients survive for half as long as their counterparts of European ...

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 ...

Study results indicate that mutation strength may shape both tumor–immune system interactions and immunotherapy response.

Scientists have created a complete map showing how hundreds of possible mutations in a key cancer gene influence tumor growth. The study focused on CTNNB1, a gene that produces the protein β-catenin, ...

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 ...

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, ...

If you have had a cancer case in your family, know what are the chances of you being at risk of cancer.

The Lung Cancer Genetics Study, a collaboration between lung cancer advocacy organizations, aims to explore the genetics of lung cancer Imagine being diagnosed with the same disease that took away ...

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 ...