More evidence points to the benefits of germline genetic testing for patients with various cancers. Such testing can identify mutations that may warrant a change of treatment and allow trying a ...

From 7% to nearly 9% of patients with advanced cancer were found to harbor a germline variant with targeted therapeutic actionability in the first study of its kind. The study involved 11,974 patients ...

Accelerating the Future of Oncology Drug Development: The Role of Consortia in the Delivery of Precision Oncology Early Phase Clinical Trials ASCO Guidelines provide recommendations with comprehensive ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Nearly all individuals who self-navigated the entire online platform completed germline testing. The platform ...

During the Miami Breast Cancer Conference and Educated Patient® Breast Cancer Summit, one expert stressed the importance of genetic testing for BRCA mutations. All patients who receive a diagnosis of ...

Universal genetic testing at an institution identified pathogenic germline variants in 14% of patients with genitourinary cancer. More than 1 in 8 patients with genitourinary malignancies in a recent ...

Germline genetic testing for patients with gynecologic cancers can be conducted in parallel with tumor somatic testing via a targeted sequencing assay by primary oncologists, researchers reported.

BOSTON & EL MONTE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Foundation Medicine, Inc., a genomics company committed to transforming cancer care, today announced plans to launch two new germline tests, ...

An expert spoke with CURE® about the importance of information that can be gained from genetic testing for patients with breast cancer. Germline testing, or genetic testing of the DNA that a person ...