In 2023, Jill Martin took a test that changed her life. She underwent genetic testing for breast cancer and learned she had a BRCA2 mutation, which increases one’s risk of developing breast and other ...

Share on Pinterest Some women may be getting unnecessary surgery after learning they are at risk for breast cancer from at-home genetic testing. Ljubaphoto/Getty Images New research finds that some ...

BREASTEST Monitor development used over 450 samples; algorithm tested on 100 samples, with 23 recurrences and 77 controls.

Chemotherapy comes with debilitating side effects, including brain fog, nausea and nerve damage. New research suggests that ...

When a woman first learns she has breast cancer, her mind immediately floods with “what now?” questions as she grapples with how this disease will impact her life. Unfortunately, Black women also have ...

Genetic testing identifies germline mutations, while genomic testing analyzes somatic mutations in tumors, influencing treatment options. Broader testing criteria are expanding access to genetic ...

Multigene assays allow for patients to receive personalized breast cancer treatment by identifying promising therapeutic targets, which could improve patient clinical outcomes in the long term and ...

Women aged 40 and older with node-positive early breast cancer, a group traditionally routed straight to chemotherapy, may now have a reliable way to avoid it. The OPTIMA trial, a randomised study run ...

Recent recommendations — which were discussed at the CURE® Educated Patient® Breast Cancer Summit — addressed changes in both genetic and genomic testing in breast cancer. Patients with metastatic ...

Hot off the trail of National Breast Cancer Month in October, one company is trying to ease the detection of the disease that has been projected to impact at least 316,950 women across the country in ...

This scoping review followed guidelines recommended by the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses extension for scoping reviews. Published manuscripts from database ...