A clustered family history of breast, ovarian, and colon cancers appropriately triggered germline testing, with BRCA1 mutation status informing individualized risk stratification and counseling.

Benjamin P. Levy: I think every patient now with an advanced adenocarcinoma of the lung needs to have genetic interrogation or comprehensive genomic profiling. There are too many mutations now that we ...

We offer targeted detection of a previously characterized mutation within the family. From a fresh EDTA blood sample, DNA is extracted directly and the target region is amplified and directly ...

The illustration of protein structure (domains) on the left side, and corresponding exons in the FLT3 gene are displayed on the right side. FMS-like tyrosine kinase 3 (FLT3) mutations represent some ...

Scientists at the Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute, working with colleagues at the Vanderbilt University Medical Center, have developed a world-first, individualized risk prediction tool for ...

Scientists at the Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute have developed a world-first individualised risk prediction tool for people suffering from a type of heart arrhythmia that can cause sudden ...

After a breast-cancer diagnosis and a separate scare, my mom tested for the BRCA2 gene mutation. Knowing it could be hereditary, I decided to get tested at 23 to see if I also carried the mutation. My ...

Gila Pfeffer is a humor writer who splits her time between NYC and London. The following is an adapted excerpt from her memoir, "Nearly Departed: Adventures in Loss, Cancer, and Other Inconveniences." ...