The body has a variety of mechanisms to detect problems with DNA and to repair them, helping to prevent diseases like cancer ...

The chemotherapy drugs 5-FU and capecitabine could harm or kill you if you have a variant in the DPYD gene. Request genetic ...

There's a new blood test to screen for colorectal cancer, but a new study found it's not as effective as a colonoscopy or ...

As it approaches the one-year anniversary of its efforts to study how DNA can be used to help identify certain health conditions earlier – leading to better outcomes -- St. Luke’s is looking back on ...

Forty-seven-year-old actor and father of six James Van Der Beek announced to the world Sunday that he was diagnosed with ...

"All of a sudden within six months we had two family members that came back with positive cancer signs." A dozen members of ...

A new collaborative study from Karolinska Institutet published in Science Advances shows that the levels of mitochondrial DNA ...

Boston is a city recognized worldwide for its cutting-edge advancements in science and medicine, especially in the field of ...

Mathew Knowles is marking breast cancer awareness month by sharing his personal journey as a male breast cancer survivor and ...

Because symptoms are vague, including fatigue, stomach pain, back pain and weight loss, almost 80% of patients are diagnosed after the cancer has already spread.

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October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and a central Kentucky mother and daughter are sharing their story to help others.