Genetic testing analyzes a person's DNA to determine their risk for certain diseases. It was a game-changer for one Montgomery County woman. Genetic testing is a simple mouth swab that can uncover ...
TOLEDO, Ohio — Breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death among women in the U.S., behind only lung cancer, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. October marks ...
Researchers working on an incurable blood cancer can now use a new lab model that could make testing potential new treatments and diagnostics easier and quicker, new research has found. Working with ...
Some children have already died and only a minority who inherit the mutation will escape cancer in their lifetimes.
A groundbreaking study shows that breast cancer screening works better when it’s personalized. Instead of annual mammograms ...
Diane Davis thought a diagnosis of advanced ovarian cancer was the answer she had been looking for. For months, she had been sick. Antibiotics were no help. When she went to the emergency room, a CT ...
A brave Gen Z woman has shared the reason why she underwent a double mastectomy at 26 online. About 1 in 8 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer in their lifetime, according to the National ...
Imagine that two women have breast cancer with the same subtype: hormone receptor positive (HR+) and human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 negative (HER2-). They’re the same age, weight, and height ...
Hoschton resident Joanne Cure survived stage 4 lung cancer after being given two years to live. Her treatment included surgery and targeted therapy for an EGFR gene mutation. Now 78, Cure says her ...
Most women have never heard of their prostate, let alone considered that they could develop prostate cancer. But buried in female anatomy are small structures called Skene’s glands that develop from ...
Patients should be selected for treatment with Enhertu in combination with pertuzumab based on confirmed HER2-positive status or HER2 gene amplification (IHC 3+ or ISH+).