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

We talked to experts about new research connecting mutations in BRCA genes to other forms of cancer besides breast and ovarian. If you typically think of BRCA gene mutations along with certain breast ...

For most of my life, I thought cancer prevention for men was straightforward: don’t smoke, eat a healthy diet, exercise, manage stress and get regular medical checkups.

Patients with germline BRCA mutations who were diagnosed with breast cancer at or before age 40 and who underwent a bilateral risk-reducing mastectomy (RRM) and/or a risk-reducing ...

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, ...

Inherited mutations in the gene BRCA2 significantly increase the risk of carriers to breast and ovarian cancers. BRCA2, a crucial player in the body's DNA repair system, aids in repairing damaged DNA.

NEW YORK, Feb 24 (Reuters) - Women with genetic mutations that increase their risk of ovarian cancer have fewer years than physicians thought to make the difficult choice of having their ovaries ...

While genetics and hormones shape a person’s risk for developing breast cancer, researchers have been investigating how environmental exposures — from air pollution to chemicals — may influence the ...

Germline BRCA mutations have an adverse impact on both progression-free and overall survival in patients with hormone receptor-positive/HER2-negative metastatic ...

Deescalated nab-paclitaxel plus carboplatin showed higher efficacy than nab-paclitaxel plus gemcitabine in early-stage TNBC patients. BRCA1/2 mutation carriers exhibited a more pronounced pathologic ...