Is it time to put the cancer ‘fight’ metaphor to rest once and for all? Patient advocates and genetic counselors share their insight. Is it time to put the cancer 'fight' metaphor to rest once and for all? #Advocates, please chime in! #Gencsm #BRCA...
Our most recent #genCSM Tweetchat this past Tuesday featured special guest 23andMe! Their Medical Affairs Team joined us for a genetic testing discussion including Altovise Ewing, Ph.D., LCGC, Stacey Detweiler, MS, LCGC, and Jeffrey Pollard, M.D. 23andMe answered...
As a genetic counselor, it is always challenging to tell the patient sitting in front of you that she carries a genetic mutation (or a pathogenic variant, as it is now called) that could negatively impact her health. But perhaps more challenging, is telling the person...
Today, June 13th, 2018, marks the 5-year anniversary of the Supreme Court of the United States’ Association for Molecular Pathology v. Myriad Genetics case regarding the BRCA gene patent. The result was a unanimous decision: genes could not be patented as they...
The National Society of Genetic Counselors’ (NSGC) 2018 Professional Status Survey Reports have been released. In this blog post, we outline the highlights from the publically available Executive Summary. All of the graphics and information in this blog are directly...