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Genetic Testing Challenges in Oncology: Lynch Syndrome Variant in Patient Lacking Family History
A primary care doctor referred a 39-year-old Ashkenazi Jewish woman for genetic counseling because of a known familial BRCA2 variant. The patient was also undergoing egg retrieval for in vitro fertilization and had told her doctor she would consider pre-implantation...
Full Family History Helps ID Lynch Syndrome Founder Variant
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 offer...
Unveils Partnership with My Gene Counsel to Support Cancer Genetic Counseling and Testing Program
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 patients...
FDA Soon Rules If First CRISPR Therapy Receives Commercial Approval
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 Selected as Site Partner
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...
Genetic Testing Challenges in Oncology: VHL Variant in Atypical Patient Raises Management Questions
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...
Genetic Testing Challenges in Oncology: Broad Panel Assessment Reveals Unexpected RET Finding
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...
Meet the family rewriting the rules of Alzheimer’s disease
Meet the family rewriting the rules of Alzheimer's disease! In her newest Forbes article, Ellen Matloff describes the groundbreaking study identifying potential protective genes for Alzheimer's disease onset. The patient in question carried a mutation in a gene called...
Genetic Testing Challenges in Oncology: Patient Insists on Unnecessary Von Hippel-Lindau Testing
A doctor told a 59-year-old patient that she may have Von Hippel-Lindau syndrome (VHL) due to a personal history of polyps and family history of gastrointestinal cancers. The patient met with a genetic counselor, who determined the patient did not have any features...