TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — With October being breast cancer awareness month, a Bay area family wants to inform the community about genetic testing for families with cancer histories and to rally support for ...

Health care providers and insurers agree that it's in everyone's best interest to refer women for genetic testing if their family history of breast or ovarian cancer puts them at higher risk. What ...

IN HER SHOES. BUT SHE’S TAKEN A HORRIBLE SITUATION AND SHE’S SOMEHOW MANAGING TO FIND A WAY TO LIVE THROUGH IT AND DO IT WITH GRACE AND INSPIRING SO MANY PEOPLE. AND WE’RE FOLLOWING THE JOURNEY OF ...

A sharp rise in the number of women seeking BRCA genetic testing to evaluate their risk of developing breast cancer was driven by multiple factors, including celebrity endorsement, according to ...

A new survey released today shows 73 percent of Americans are aware of genetic testing for hereditary cancers – a significant increase over just a few years ago. Previous research found that in 2010 ...

Editor’s note: This essay was adapted from “The Dressmaker’s Mirror,” a new book about sudden death and Ashkenazi Jewish mutations. In Jewish communities, conversations about genetic risks often focus ...

Strangely, I felt calm and prepared. I knew catching it early was key, and I knew about the range of treatment options available.

As part of the ACLU's Taking Back Our Genes campaign , guest blogger Sue Friedman, the Executive Director of FORCE, describes the adverse impact the exclusive patents on BRCA1 and BRCA2 have on the ...

About the Authors: Joshua Barrett is a member of the 2019 Flare Capital Partners Scholar program and a third-year medical student at Georgetown University School of Medicine, who completed his MBA at ...

BOSTON — Patients with non-BRCA gene mutations undergoing risk-reduction surgery to prevent tubo-ovarian cancers showed no signs of tubo-ovarian high-grade serous carcinoma or serous tubal ...