For this study, the authors randomly assigned 250 patients with breast, ovarian, pancreatic, or metastatic prostate cancer to receive pretest education via either video (n = 187) or a traditional ...

Participants were age 39-88 years with no significant demographic differences between the two arms. In the VE arm, 170 (90.95%) participants completed GT versus 49 (77.8%) in the GC arm (P = .01). The ...

Medical student Daniel Mahoney explains how genetic testing could become preventative healthcare. Medical student Daniel Mahoney explains how genetic testing could one day be offered as a preventive ...

And when you hear about genetic testing, you may think about the cost factor. Personally, my only experience with it is that when a family member was offered it after a cancer diagnosis and later ...

A breakthrough new type of genetic testing is helping families going through in vitro fertilization by testing embryos for future risk of heart disease, psychological conditions and even adult-onset ...

Myriad Genetics, Inc. announced a study indicating that the use of its online screening tool, MyGeneHistory®, alongside a virtual education program, significantly increased the completion rates for ...