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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 ...

Comprehensive somatic CGP at diagnosis enables identification of actionable alterations, therapeutic targets, resistance mutations, and clinical trial eligibility, tightening alignment between tumor ...

In a recent article published in the JAMA Network, researchers performed an observational study to determine the prevalence of germline genetic testing among all patients aged 20 years or older ...

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 ...

Current National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) guidelines for germline testing are complex and often miss patients with cancer susceptibility. We evaluated results of universal germline genetic ...

Barb Kunz, MS, LCGC, senior genetic counselor at the US Oncology Network, discussed the importance of germline genetic testing in patients with triple-negative breast cancer and other cancer types.

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.

Dr. Evan Yu presents the new evidence-based guideline on genetic testing for metastatic prostate cancer. He discusses who should receive germline and somatic testing with next-generation sequencing ...

Few patients diagnosed with cancer between 2013 and 2019 in California and Georgia underwent germline testing, according to a study published online June 5 in the Journal of the American Medical ...

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 ...