A 35-year-old man sought out genetic counseling because his mother had a pathogenic variant in MSH6. The patient’s family history also revealed a paternal relative with pancreatic cancer which, in addition to his Ashkenazi Jewish ancestry, prompted the GC to...
Partnership Will Offer Genetic Services to All Cancer Patients JUPITER, Fla., Jan. 25, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — Jupiter Medical Center (JMC), a leading, not-for-profit medical center in Florida, today announced it will begin providing...
Victoria Gray was diagnosed with Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) at 3-months of age and has dealt with the condition her whole life. In hopes it would improve her day-to-day life, she chose to be the first patient in a clinical trial using CRISPR to treat SCD. Read the...
Tampa General Hospital will utilize My Gene Counsel’s digital genetic counseling tools that update, to scale genetic testing for patients with breast, ovary, prostate and pancreas cancer. TAMPA, Fla. (PRNewwire-PRWeb) Nov. 28, 2023 – Tampa General...
During a routine gynecogical appointment, a young woman reported that her paternal grandmother, was diagnosed with early-onset breast cancer and still living. Based on this family history, the gynecologist ordered a genetic testing that included multiple genes to...
A 51-year-old female pursued genetic testing because she thought her mother was diagnosed with ovarian cancer at age 30. After the testing was ordered by the patient’s gynecologist, the patient realized her mother actually had cervical cancer, not ovarian. The test...