Credit: Getty Images In the US, the proportion of men receiving HRR testing peaked at 55.5% in 2020 and decreased to 49.4% in 2022. From 2014-2022, only about 38% of men with metastatic ...

My mom, Susan Knudson, told me that from her hospital bed in May, less than a month before dying of ovarian cancer at age 54, leaving behind my father, my two brothers and me. As she had done several ...

Pregnancy is a beautiful journey, but it can come with a lot of questions, especially about tests like genetic testing. So, what is it exactly? It’s a way to check your baby’s DNA to see if there are ...

Genetic tests are making their way into primary care settings — for example, Danville, Pa.-based Geisinger will offer DNA sequencing to 1,000 patients in June and Sioux Falls, S.D.-based Sanford ...

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 ...

TAMPA, Fla. — A cancer survivor says genetic testing saved her life. Marisa Butera was battling breast cancer when she learned she had markers for another cancer. “If I wouldn’t have gotten genetic ...

A new consensus statement recommended genetic testing for all categories of kidney diseases whenever a genetic cause is suspected and offered guidance on who to test, which tests are the most useful, ...

Genetic testing identifies changes (mutations) in a dog’s DNA that can indicate a predisposition to certain genetic diseases or inherited disorders. The primary benefits include early disease ...

It’s time for genetic testing of clopidogrel response to move into the mainstream, suggests a new scientific statement from the American Heart Association (AHA) that outlines the supporting evidence ...