Genetic testing has the potential to transform patient care. The potential of precision medicine lies in the possibility that insights from our genetic code may hold the key to preventing disease, ...

Genetic testing before chemotherapy may help improve safety and guide treatment for patients with gastrointestinal cancers. Among patients with gastrointestinal cancers, genetic testing before ...

We are at a transformative moment in oncology. Remarkable advancements have led to the identification of biomarkers that can predict treatment response, tests that can detect cancer risk before ...

Half of surveyed nephrologists reported barriers to obtaining genetic testing for their patients with FSGS. Identifying a genetic mutation in a patient with focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) ...

A new study shows that genetic testing could be used to determine which drugs will—and won't—work for patients with Candida auris (C. auris), a multidrug-resistant yeast that causes life-threatening ...

More evidence points to the benefits of germline genetic testing for patients with various cancers. Such testing can identify mutations that may warrant a change of treatment and allow trying a ...

Implementation of and Systems-Level Barriers to Guideline-Driven Germline Genetic Evaluation in the Care of Patients With Myelodysplastic Syndrome and Acute Myeloid Leukemia Strategies to ensure that ...

Ms. Charité Ricker, MS, CGC and Dr. Nadine Tung, MD, FASCO share updates from the new ASCO guideline on selection of germline genetic testing panels in patients with cancer. They discuss highlights on ...

GeneMetrics was established by a group of clinicians, scientists, and legal experts committed to addressing a fragmented ...

Becca Tomlinson underwent a double mastectomy after finding out she inherited a faulty gene.

Cheasanee Huette, a 20-year-old college student in Northern California, is worried. Two years ago, knowing she was protected by the Affordable Care Act's guarantees of coverage for preexisting ...

A Florida state legislator sponsored the nation's first state-backed genetic screening program after his son died from a rare ...