Medicare-eligible patients with advanced cancers will have access to genomic tests under a national coverage determination CMS finalized March 16. The determination covers next-generation sequencing ...

Genetic testing can feel overwhelming, especially when faced with terms like "pathogenic variant" or "variant of uncertain significance." Understanding your results is key to making informed health ...

Adding genomic sequencing to newborn blood screening would detect hundreds of additional childhood conditions, providing much earlier diagnosis and treatment, according to a new study. A baby's genome ...

A diagnostic test developed by researchers at the University of California San Francisco aims to help physicians identify causes of severe infections by analyzing DNA and RNA to detect a range of ...

A genomic test for successfully predicting whether cancer will resist common types of chemotherapy has been developed. Cancer Research UK (CRUK) funded scientists at the University of Cambridge (UK), ...

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Researchers at Karolinska Institutet have developed a genetic model, CDKPredX, that can identify hormone-dependent, HER2-negative breast cancer patients unlikely to benefit from pre-surgery ...

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A test that combines clinicopathologic factors and a tumor’s gene expression profile (CP-GEP) reliably identified patients with a less than 10% risk for a positive sentinel lymph node biopsy — though ...