by user | Sep 29, 2015 | All, BRCA, Family History, Genetic Counseling, Patient Stories
In the podcast we hear from Ellen, whose strong family history of breast and ovarian cancer led her to make the hard, controversial decision to undergo multiple prophylactic surgeries years before genetic testing would become available. After losing her own mother at...
by user | Sep 24, 2015 | All, BRCA, Family History, Insurance, Prevention
ovarian-cancer-awareness-month Updated May 3, 2019 Less than 3% of cancer in women is ovarian in nature, but ovarian cancer accounts for more deaths than any other cancer of the female reproductive system. Epithelial ovarian cancer is the most common type of ovarian...
by user | Sep 22, 2015 | All, Family History, Prevention
Most cancer is not hereditary. Approximately 80% of cancer is not inherited and is instead caused by a combination of factors, including aging, obesity, and environmental factors. So who should be concerned about hereditary cancer? If one or more of the following red...
by user | Sep 21, 2015 | All, Uncategorized
A major component of the Precision Medicine Initiative (PMI), announced by President Obama in January, is the PMI Cohort Program (PMI-CP) – a new research cohort of a million or more volunteer participants. This research cohort will help to expand our knowledge and...
by user | Sep 15, 2015 | All, Prevention, Tweetchat
Last week we held a Tweet Chat with our amazing co-hosts Georgia Hurst and Amy Byer Shainman, special guest Sharlene Hesse-Biber, PhD and host Ambry Genetics to discuss a very important issue in genetic testing: Who...
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