Genetic tests for cancer can run thousands of dollars, but Color Genomics plans to change that: it's offering testing for the cancer risk variants BRCA1 and BRCA2 — as well as 17 others — for $249, ...

Genetic factors strongly influence cancer risk 1,2,3,4,5. Germline variants, which are heritable DNA alterations in germ cells, are important contributors to cancer development 6. A study of childhood ...