As genetic and biomarker tests become more common, so do new therapies that target specific tumor types and may lead to better outcomes ...

UCLA Health’s virtual genetic counseling tool has markedly increased the percentage of cancer patients undergoing recommended germline testing through a point-of-care model. Beth Karlan ...

SESAUA annual meeting featured a kidney cancer session and a presentation by Dr. Robert Smith discussing how age and tumor ...

Genetic and genomic testing guide breast cancer risk assessment and treatment, as discussed by Dr. Mark Robson at the Miami ...

Among the 124 undergoing germline testing based on high risk, their average age was 56 (range 34–77). Again, germline BRCA2 variation predominated, with eight (8%) testing positive, but only one ...

Genetic testing, via germline and somatic testing, is crucial in breast cancer to understand inherited risks and tumor ...

Precision Medicine Online's 2024 survey shows biomarker test expansion but low clinical trial enrollment and long wait times ...

To take a closer look at homologous repair genes' contribution to prostate cancer, the investigators reviewed results of germline and somatic DNA testing from 450 patients with localized or ...

Opens in a new tab or window Share on LinkedIn. Opens in a new tab or window Germline genetic testing for patients with gynecologic cancers can be conducted in parallel with tumor somatic testing ...

UK-based clinical testing programme for somatic and germline BRCA1/2, ATM and CDK12 mutations in prostate cancer: first results. BMJ Oncology . DOI: 10.1136/bmjonc-2024-000592 ...