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

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, ...

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 ...

Researchers have found that women who are diagnosed with breast cancer before the age of 55 and carry an inherited mutation in the breast cancer susceptibility genes BRCA1 or BRCA2 ...

October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. While we know that Black women are 40% more likely to die from the disease, Black men are at risk as well, as they have a 52% higher risk of ...

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 ...

In a new study comparing the difference in the age at breast cancer diagnosis between older and younger generations of women with the BRCA1 and BRCA2 breast cancer gene mutations, researchers from the ...

Mutations in the BRCA1 gene that are either inherited (germline) or acquired (somatic) might not be key to the initiation of prostate cancer, as previously thought, suggests the first study of its ...

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In the United States, breast cancer is the most common cancer diagnosed among women. In Texas, more than 22,000 women were expected to be diagnosed with breast cancer in 2025, according to the Texas ...

Devin Sidell, a filmmaker and actress, tested positive for the BRCA genetic mutation after her mother had ovarian cancer and her sister had breast cancer She had a preventative double mastectomy, ...