“Breast cancer was the furthest thing from my mind,” Jacob Johnson tells PEOPLE ...

Dr Priyanka highlights the necessity of early screening for breast and cervical cancer, recommending self-exams, mammograms from age 40 or 30, and Pap smears. | Health ...

Nearly 10 years after Chrissy Hofbeck first competed on Survivor during Season 35, where she finished as the runner-up, the mom of four is back in Survivor 50. With many fans feeling like Hofbeck ...

The federal Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act prevents health insurers and employers from discriminating against a person based on their genetic information, Rep. Dave Rogers told the ...

Earlier diagnoses and improved treatment are the reasons there are fewer deaths in Singapore from breast cancer.

Evidence shows that birth control pills containing the hormones estrogen and progestin can increase the risk of different types of cancers and decrease the risk of others.  Since 1999, the World ...

Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in men in the United Kingdom, with roughly 55,300 new cases diagnosed every year (2017-2019). According to Cancer Research UK, prostate cancer is the second ...

Researchers at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) have made an important discovery about how genetic mutations in ...

A new study isolated DNA from the tumours of 500 cats across 13 different tumour types and mapped the sequence of 1,000 genes often found mutated in human cancers.

A clustered family history of breast, ovarian, and colon cancers appropriately triggered germline testing, with BRCA1 mutation status informing individualized risk stratification and counseling.

A genetic screening test can be a powerful tool for understanding your inherited risk of developing certain diseases.