Medically reviewed by Renita White, MD BRCA testing helps determine if you have a gene mutation that increases your cancer ...

Researchers have found that women who are diagnosed with breast cancer before the age of 55 and carry an inherited mutation in the breast cancer susceptibility genes BRCA1 or BRCA2 ...

Carriers of the BRCA1 cancer gene had a significantly increased risk of breast cancer if they used hormonal contraception (HC), pooled cohort data showed. Breast cancer risk increased by 29% in BRCA1 ...

Thoracic Radiotherapy Improves the Survival in Patients With EGFR-Mutated Oligo-Organ Metastatic Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer Treated With Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor–Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors: A ...

People inherit two copies of each gene—one from each parent—an evolutionary fail-safe to ensure survival even when one of them doesn't function. For cancer-suppressor genes like BRCA1, researchers ...

An affordable new BRCA gene test has hit the market, but who should take it? — -- A new genetic testing kit that hits the market today is the most affordable, and arguably one of the simplest, ...

Harmful variants in the BRCA1 gene greatly increase a person's lifetime risk of developing breast, ovarian and pancreatic cancers, but most people are unaware they are carriers. In a new study in the ...

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

People inherit two copies of each gene - one from each parent - an evolutionary fail-safe to ensure survival even when one of them doesn't function. For cancer-suppressor genes like BRCA1, researchers ...

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 ...