by Danielle Bonadies | Mar 26, 2021 | Genetic Testing Challenges in Oncology, News
A 57-year-old woman with breast cancer was referred by her surgeon to see a genetic counselor because this was her second breast cancer diagnosis. Three years earlier, this patient had been tested for inherited pathogenic variants in BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes associated...
by Danielle Bonadies | Mar 18, 2021 | Multimedia
In this one-hour national webinar, hosted by the Network of the National Library of Medicine (NNLM) and the All of Us Research Program, Amy Byer Shainman discusses her memoir, Resurrection Lily: The BRCA Gene, Hereditary Cancer & Lifesaving Whispers from the...
by Danielle Bonadies | Mar 1, 2021 | Genetic Testing Challenges in Oncology, News
A 24-year-old woman came to see a genetic counselor to discuss her inherited risk for breast cancer. She claimed she had undergone genetic testing at age 16 due to a strong history of breast cancers on her mother’s side of the family and had a pathogenic variant...
by Danielle Bonadies | Feb 24, 2021 | Genetic Journal
We’ve come a long way in cancer awareness over the past half century. Most of us now know that cancer is not contagious, right? Correct. But, in fact, you can acquire a common virus, the Human Papilloma Virus, which increases your chance to develop certain...
by Danielle Bonadies | Feb 22, 2021 | Multimedia
Help and Hope Happen Here is a pediatric cancer podcast hosted by Mark Levine. Each episode, Levine chats with oncologists, parents, patients, and other stakeholders in the fight against childhood cancer. In this episode, Levine looks at how genetic testing and...