Weighing the benefits, and understanding more about BRCA gene testing is an important part of making informed decisions about your genetic health. As genetic testing becomes increasingly valuable for ...

Not only do home genetic test kits, like 23andMe, provide information about your ancestry, but they can also give you some insights into your inherited health risks, particularly mutations on the BRCA ...

About 5% to 10% of breast cancer cases are linked to inherited gene mutations, which is why doctors recommend all women complete a risk assessment by age 25 to determine if they should get further ...

Some women can go their whole life without knowing they are at a higher risk for contracting breast cancer.

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, ...

A significant number of multiple myeloma patients may have an inherited but previously unrecognized risk of developing the disease—a type of blood cancer that affects plasma cells. That's the finding ...

Scientists have developed a new clinical pathway for testing for the cancer-causing faults in the BRCA gene that could ensure patients get the right treatment and boost the number of people who get ...

A new study has identified 80 genes that may increase the risk of developing breast cancer — 70 of which were previously unknown to be tied to the disease. These gene variants — genes that carry a ...

An analysis of nearly 8,000 BRCA1 and BRCA2 carriers linked preventive double mastectomy to lower overall mortality than MRI ...

A major international study has highlighted how genetic testing could help doctors make more personalised treatment decisions ...

Rose Brystowski, 68, had a choice to make. Others might have found it difficult. She found it easy. Brystowski, of Oak Park, Michigan, wasn't about to let her genetics forfeit her future. Doctors cut ...

Alix Earle and Ashtin Earle got extremely vulnerable on Episodes 6 and 7 of their family's reality show Earle Meets World. The sisters documented themselves getting tested for the BRCA2 gene following ...