In 2013, actress Angelina Jolie wrote an op-ed where she revealed she'd undergone a double mastectomy. Although Jolie didn't have breast cancer, a genetic test had revealed she carried a genetic mutation that her doctors ...
Sep 21, 2023
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Researchers from Mayo Clinic Comprehensive Cancer Center and Mayo Clinic Center for Individualized Medicine have discovered new genetic markers to identify Lynch syndrome-associated colorectal cancer with high accuracy. Studies ...
Sep 20, 2023
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Skipping genetic counseling before or after taking a remote screening of inherited risk for ovarian or breast cancer does not increase distress, anxiety or depression, according to a study published Sept. 14 in JAMA Oncology.
Sep 19, 2023
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Studying genes in families with a propensity for certain diseases has led to many critical advances in medicine, including the discovery of statins in family members who suffered heart attacks at an early age.
Sep 19, 2023
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After being told they are at high risk from genetic test results that do not take family history into account, women could be opting to have unnecessary surgery to avoid breast cancer.
Sep 14, 2023
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A large number of drugs used to treat everything from multiple sclerosis to blood cancers to rheumatoid arthritis may cause a rare but often-fatal condition called progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML).
Sep 13, 2023
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Cancer in the colon and cancer in the rectum, often referred to together as colorectal cancer, is the third most common cancer diagnosed in both men and women in the U.S. excluding skin cancers, according to the American ...
Sep 12, 2023
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Colorectal cancer (CRC) is a leading cause of cancer deaths worldwide, and only around 10% of patients survive for five years after being diagnosed.
Sep 11, 2023
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Experts in cell signaling at the Babraham Institute have identified how prostate cancer cells achieve cell growth free from the usual growth cues and regulators. This discovery has implications for potential therapeutics ...
Sep 11, 2023
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A new study published in Nature Genetics led by the Mead Group in the Radcliffe Department of Medicine has demonstrated a previously unknown effect of chronic inflammation on TP53-mutant hematopoietic stem cells.
Sep 8, 2023
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