INDIANA, Pa. – As the genetic coordinator at Indiana Regional Medical Center’s Comprehensive Breast Center, Dawn Zarycki is “involved in every process of treatment,” she said. The services offered by ...

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 ...

It can be argued that the devastation of a cancer diagnosis is rooted as much in the prospect of treatment as it is in the prospect of death. In particular, drugs used to treat cancer can cause severe ...

A nationwide Australian pilot screened more than 10,000 adults aged 18–40 years for high-risk genetic variants linked to ...

Exact Sciences has a multipronged approach to cancer testing. Its flagship product line is Cologuard, the market leader in stool-based screening for colorectal cancer, or CRC. Its second-largest ...

Genetic testing is rapidly moving genomics from a niche specialty to becoming more integrated into mainstream clinical practice. Once deployed primarily to diagnose rare and inherited conditions after ...

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, ...

Fox Chase Cancer Center and Arima Genomics, Inc., a company leveraging whole-genome sequence and structure information to provide comprehensive cancer therapy selection insights, today announced that ...

Integrating new AI screening tools for BRCA and HRD breast-cancer mutations into routine care could lead to earlier detection, more precise treatment, and lives saved. If they are aware of the threat, ...

“This direct-to-consumer testing is certainly where we’re moving … but there are a lot of things that need to be considered before somebody invests in it, or before they put their faith into this ...

Decades ago, doctors created a test to determine which breast cancer patients should receive hormone therapy. Now, ...

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