GENETIC JOURNAL
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Everyday Health’s Hereditary Cancer Risk Twitter Chat Recap
Several things can run in the family, including an increased risk of developing cancer. Though it's not exactly the cancer that gets passed down the family tree, but rather a gene mutation that is often the culprit in cases of inherited cancer, according to the...
Putting Awareness Back in Breast Cancer Awareness Month
When I was little, we used to collect the lids off of yogurts with pink ribbons on them and mail them…somewhere. That may have been the first time I became aware of breast cancer. This year is my first Breast Cancer Awareness Month having actually had breast cancer. I...
My Story: National Mammography Day
Hi there! I'm Caitlin, the Marketing and Communications Manager here at My Gene Counsel. One year ago this month, I was diagnosed with breast cancer at age 33. The irony is not lost on me that my job at a healthcare tech startup focused on accurate and timely health...
Getting the CMMRD Facts Straight After Family Loses 3 Children in 6 Years to Hereditary Cancer Syndrome
Originally published February 29, 2016 Lynch syndrome is an autosomal dominant condition. This means that a person who carries one copy of a mutation in any of the genes known to cause Lynch syndrome is at increased risk to develop multiple adult-onset cancers,...
Do I Need Genetic Counseling and Testing for Melanoma?
The majority of melanomas are a combination of environmental and sporadic factors. However, approximately 10% of all melanomas are inherited. Could the melanoma in my family be hereditary? These factors increase the likelihood that melanoma is hereditary: Some family...
What’s Autism Got To Do With It?
What does autism have to do with hereditary cancer? In most cases, nothing. But in honor of Autism Awareness Month, we want to highlight the connection between having a mutation (also known as a pathogenic variant) in a gene called PTEN and an increased likelihood of...
Is Cancer Contagious?
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 cancers....
National Donor Day and Valentine’s Day Collide on February 14
February 2021 Update In light of National Donor Day, we checked in on My Gene Counsel's Meagan Farmer, her husband Brantley, and their brother-in-law, Greg. You can read their original interview down below, which tells the story of Brantley's kidney donation to Greg,...
A Valentine for You from Cardiovascular Genetic Counselors
Here is what three of the top cardiovascular genetic counselors would like you to know about inherited cardiovascular disease: Brittney Murray, MS, CGCCardiovascular Genetic Counselor at Johns Hopkins University Sudden cardiac death can be the first symptom in...