My mom, Susan Knudson, told me that from her hospital bed in May, less than a month before dying of ovarian cancer at age 54, leaving behind my father, my two brothers and me. As she had done several ...

Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women, making up 30% of all new cases each year. Knowledge is power when it comes to detection and prevention of this disease: Genetic testing can play an ...

For Josh Henderson, 66, of Olympia, getting genetic testing was a no-brainer. “The first time I came to Fred Hutch, my oncologist suggested it,” said the retired IT manager who received a metastatic ...

It impacts roughly 1 in 300 Americans — and puts people at a higher risk of developing cancer before age 50.

Germline testing can identify hereditary cancer, which leads to implications for family members, cascade testing for relatives, and starting surveillance and prevention measures: Genetic testing in ...

SAN ANTONIO – Genetic testing offered the Garcia family a chance at catching cancer in an earlier stage and treating it before the cancer took on an aggressive form for Martin Garcia, Sr. and nearly ...

A new consensus statement recommended genetic testing for all categories of kidney diseases whenever a genetic cause is suspected and offered guidance on who to test, which tests are the most useful, ...

At first her doctor wasn’t too concerned; some newborns have seizures. But Sebastiana’s kept coming every few hours. And the ...