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 ...
Germline mutations in DNA repair genes are present in approximately 10% of men with metastatic prostate cancer (mPC), and guidelines recommend genetic germline testing. Notable barriers exist, ...
Guidelines recommend offering germline testing to patients with advanced prostate cancer (PCa) to inform treatment and personal/familial cancer risk. We asked whether veterans affairs (VA) patients ...
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 ...
In this video, Mitchell Singstock, MD, discusses results of a retrospective study that evaluated genomic testing rates for ...
For Josh Henderson, 66, of Olympia, getting genetic testing was a no-brainer. “The first time I came to Fred Hutch, my oncologist suggested it,” said the retired IT manager who received a metastatic ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. PSA stands for prostate-specific antigen, a substance naturally produced in prostate tissue. A small amount of PSA regularly ...
Wolinsky is a Chicago-based medical journalist and publisher of The Active Surveillor, a Substack newsletter that covers lower-risk prostate cancer and active surveillance. In 2002, at age 55, I ...