After a prenatal test revealed that she had cancer, Dr. Sara Teichholtz (shown here with her 4-year-old son) was treated at MSK for cholangiocarcinoma. Nearly three years later, she has no evidence of ...

Many moms-to-be opt for blood tests during pregnancy to check for fetal disorders such as Down syndrome. In rare instances, these tests can reveal something unexpected: hints of a hidden cancer in the ...

It was anything but a bundle of joy. A woman was diagnosed with a rare and aggressive form of cancer after experiencing symptoms that led doctors to initially believe she was pregnant. But instead of ...

Pregnant people are routinely offered blood-based, cell-free (cf) DNA sequencing to screen for fetal abnormalities. Unexpected findings may be a result of tumor DNA in the maternal blood sample, but a ...

CHICAGO (AP) — For pregnant women, abnormal results from certain prenatal tests may signal that something is wrong — with the moms-to-be, not the fetus, a preliminary study suggests. Very rarely, ...

Testicular cancer can disrupt the hormone detected by pregnancy tests. Nov. 6, 2012— -- A Reddit post about a man's positive pregnancy test appears to have alerted him to a testicular tumor. The ...

While it may sound bizarre or even funny, any man taking a pregnancy test who comes up negative is what is usually thought. A pregnancy test, which detects human chorionic gonadotropin, or hCG—a ...

A positive pregnancy test in a man? It may seem funny or completely absurd. However, this rare but real phenomenon is based on solid medical and scientific ...

SALT LAKE CITY — A new blood test has potential to identify a hard-to-predict but sometimes deadly pregnancy complication weeks before it would normally be found, leading to early treatment and ...