Cancer’s most catastrophic DNA damage has long looked like a crime scene without a culprit, with chromosomes shattered and ...

A sperm donor with a rare genetic mutation linked to an increased risk of developing cancer fathered at least 197 children across Europe, some of whom have already died from the disease, according to ...

Cases of colorectal cancer in younger adults are climbing worldwide, driven by lifestyle changes and inherited genetic risks.

The donor, who was not identified, was paid to donate as a student beginning in 2005, according to the report.

In 2023, Jill Martin took a test that changed her life. She underwent genetic testing for breast cancer and learned she had a BRCA2 mutation, which increases one’s risk of developing breast and other ...

A genetic mutation that carries a 90% cancer risk has been passed on by an unwitting sperm donor to dozens of children, a ...

Of women aged 40 years or older without breast cancer, 3% carry pathogenic variants in breast cancer risk genes — including many with no red flags in their family history.

So far, “the only established risk factors for prostate cancer are advancing age, African ancestry, and a family history of ...

When multiple members of a family have had cancer especially at young ages or at the same site, it can signal inherited risk ...

“Our investigation confirms the harmful effect of alcohol consumption on cancer risk, but suggests that alcohol only ...

Tailoring breast cancer screening to a woman's individual cancer risk might work better than annual mammograms, researchers ...