Some 17 million Americans are living with genetic mutations tied to an increased risk of getting cancer, Cleveland Clinic researchers warned Monday. And the more than 3,400 mutations identified – ...

KRAS is the most frequently mutated oncogene across all human cancers. Although different KRAS mutations have long been thought to exert the same cancer-driving effects, a new study led by UT ...

Childhood cancers are often considered genetically simple, containing few mutations. However, this notion has been challenged in a new study that found an unexpectedly high number of mutations in a ...

A common mutation in the KRAS gene is associated with improved overall survival in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) compared with other variants, in part because the mutation appears to lead to ...

Certain genetic mutations were associated with better responses to presurgical chemotherapy in muscle-invasive bladder cancer. A genetic mutation in one of three genes associated with DNA damage ...

Identifying and classifying gene mutations - which are the permanent changes in a person's DNA genetic code - are critical in better understanding, and with research, eventually treating or preventing ...

A lung cancer diagnosis can feel frightening. And when a family member is diagnosed, you might wonder about your own risk, prompting you to ask if lung cancer is hereditary. Smoking tobacco accounts ...

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, ...