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

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.

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

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

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 new analysis suggests HIV impairs the immune system's ability to recognize tumor neoantigens in non-small cell lung cancer ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

A new study by scientists at City of Hope and TGen, part of City of Hope, found surprisingly large differences in the number of mutations present in the organs of healthy individuals. Some study ...

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 ...