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Doc Tells Patient with Familial Risks to Get DTC Testing

Doc Tells Patient with Familial Risks to Get DTC Testing

by Caitlin Kingsley | Mar 29, 2022 | Genetic Testing Challenges in Oncology, News

A woman experiencing joint and mobility issues turned to holistic medicine after feeling that her regular doctors weren’t adequately addressing her health problems. In recounting her health history to a new doctor, she also shared that she was concerned about...
The Medical Side Effect We Must Stop Ignoring: Financial Toxicity

The Medical Side Effect We Must Stop Ignoring: Financial Toxicity

by Caitlin Kingsley | Mar 11, 2022 | News

A few months ago, two sisters published an essay in The New York Times about their genetic testing journey, which started because their mother was found to have a mutation in one of the BRCA genes. People who have a mutation in one of the BRCA genes are at increased...
Muddled Reporting, Interpretation of PALB2 VUS

Muddled Reporting, Interpretation of PALB2 VUS

by Caitlin Kingsley | Feb 23, 2022 | Genetic Testing Challenges in Oncology, News

A woman’s physician ordered multi-gene panel testing due to her family history of cancer and told her that the lab had found two “errors” in the PALB2 gene. Compared to the general population, patients with a pathogenic variant in PALB2 have between...
Meet the Expert Geneticist Who Fought Against Patenting Your BRCA Gene

Meet the Expert Geneticist Who Fought Against Patenting Your BRCA Gene

by Caitlin Kingsley | Feb 10, 2022 | News

Ellen Matloff, MS, CGC is a certified genetic counselor and the President and CEO of My Gene Counsel, a digital health company that provides scalable, updating genetic counseling solutions. Matloff founded the Yale Cancer Genetic Counseling program, served as its...
Myotonic Dystrophy Signs Missed in Uterine Cancer Patient

Myotonic Dystrophy Signs Missed in Uterine Cancer Patient

by Caitlin Kingsley | Jan 27, 2022 | Genetic Testing Challenges in Oncology, News

An oncologist referred an endometrial cancer patient to a genetic counselor because she was diagnosed at a young age – before age 50. The patient had already undergone surgical treatment before the oncologist referred her to a genetic counselor. After taking a...
Tennis Star Chris Evert Teaches Us That Genetic Testing Is a Lifetime Match

Tennis Star Chris Evert Teaches Us That Genetic Testing Is a Lifetime Match

by Caitlin Kingsley | Jan 17, 2022 | News

This weekend, Chris Evert tweeted that she was diagnosed with early-stage (Stage 1C) ovarian cancer, which is associated with an outstanding survival rate. This news is especially good because most people diagnosed with ovarian cancer are diagnosed at stage III or IV,...
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