Aligning cancer quality metrics across the continuum of community-based and academic medicine using a prioritization tool. This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the 2012 Quality Care Symposium. This ...

The Pig-A gene plays a pivotal role in the biosynthesis of glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI) anchors, which tether a multitude of proteins to the cell surface. Mutations in this X‐linked gene result ...

The model suggests that negative KRAS findings are believable when the maximum of APC and TP53 frequencies is at least 8% (corresponding posterior probability of false negative <5%). Validation ...

The illustration of protein structure (domains) on the left side, and corresponding exons in the FLT3 gene are displayed on the right side. FMS-like tyrosine kinase 3 (FLT3) mutations represent some ...

Inherited mutations in DNA-repair genes are unexpectedly common in men with metastatic prostate cancer and could help guide therapy and inform family member cancer risk SEATTLE - July 6, 2016 - ...

To ensure it complies with the CE marking, the DNA is first isolated from a specimen of formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tissue using the QIAamp DNA FFPE Tissue Kit. The total amount of DNA in the ...

Previously, it was recommended for women who have a family history of breast, ovarian, tubal or peritoneal cancer to be assessed for harmful BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutations. That recommendation was last made ...

Certain genetic mutations can boost your risk of breast cancer. Here’s what experts say you need to know when making the decision to get tested. Possible anomalies in a breast cancer screening are ...

An affordable new BRCA gene test has hit the market, but who should take it? &#151; -- A new genetic testing kit that hits the market today is the most affordable, and arguably one of the simplest, ...