Inheriting a mutation in BRCA1 or BRCA2 puts you at higher risk of breast, prostate, ovarian and pancreatic cancer. Genetic testing and screening can be life-saving.

The inherited mutation substantially increases the chance of developing lung cancer, including in people who don't smoke.

Whole-exome sequencing of liver transplant patients with hepatocellular carcinoma has identified a 13-gene mutation signature ...

C EGFR T790M gene variant face roughly 25 times the lung cancer risk of noncarriers, according to the largest-yet study of ...

A Phase 3 trial of firmonertinib did not meet its main goal in a hard-to-treat lung cancer subtype, though the drug caused ...

A family history of cancer can affect your risk, but genetics are only part of the picture. Learn when testing or additional ...

For decades, cancer research has focused heavily on genetic mutations, but another theory argues that abnormal chromosome numbers may play a much bigger role than previously recognized. The idea dates ...

Researchers at the University of Oslo and Oslo University Hospital have developed a promising new immunotherapy targeting the CTNNB1 gene mutation associated with various aggressive cancers such as ...

A single sperm donor who carries a rare cancer-causing genetic mutation has fathered at least 197 children across 14 countries in Europe, according to a collaborative investigation by 14 European news ...

BBC 6 Music presenter Rhianna Dhillon has revealed she has been diagnosed with ovarian cancer at the age of 37. Rhianna – who ...

An estimated 170,000 Australians were diagnosed with cancer in 2025. Many people know the causes of cancer are partly genetic. But how do your genes, which contribute so much of what makes you you, ...

KRAS mutations lead to excessive cell growth due to alterations in the KRAS gene. They are present in a significant percentage of non-small cell lung cancers (NSCLC). Diagnosis involves testing ...