For this study, the authors randomly assigned 250 patients with breast, ovarian, pancreatic, or metastatic prostate cancer to receive pretest education via either video (n = 187) or a traditional ...

Pretest video education is a viable option for cancer patients who need germline genetic test results to help guide surgical and medical decisions, including those with ovarian cancer, researchers ...

Participants were age 39-88 years with no significant demographic differences between the two arms. In the VE arm, 170 (90.95%) participants completed GT versus 49 (77.8%) in the GC arm (P = .01). The ...

Myriad Genetics, Inc. announced a study indicating that the use of its online screening tool, MyGeneHistory®, alongside a virtual education program, significantly increased the completion rates for ...

When Mary-Claire King embarked on a painstaking 17-year-long hunt for a gene linked to breast cancer, she had no inkling that its discovery would be saving lives some three decades later. King, an ...

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Integrating new AI screening tools for BRCA and HRD breast-cancer mutations into routine care could lead to earlier detection, more precise treatment, and lives saved. If they are aware of the threat, ...

A new consensus statement recommended genetic testing for all categories of kidney diseases whenever a genetic cause is suspected and offered guidance on who to test, which tests are the most useful, ...