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Waiting for the Sign That Protections Are Needed for Genetic Data? Here It Is.
I just attended the National Society of Genetic Counselors Annual Meeting in Salt Lake City, UT where I met some of the brightest minds in genetics, heard about mind-bending new technologies, and was reminded of the many ways that genetic counseling and testing is...
Appropriate Clinical Management of BRIP1 Variant of Unknown Significance
While reviewing the breast cancer screening recommendations for a 28-year-old woman, a nurse practitioner at a high-risk breast clinic noted incongruencies in the family's understanding of genetic test results. The woman had been recommended to the clinic based on a...
What Beyoncé’s Dad and Angelina Jolie Have in Common
Beyoncé's father, Matthew Knowles, recently went public with the announcement that he has breast cancer and carries a mutation in a gene called BRCA2. He joins Angelina Jolie as a celebrity who has shared their private medical and genetic history in order to raise...
Large-Scale Multigene Panel Study of Hereditary Cancer Risk Refines Gene Associations
NEW YORK – Investigators at Ambry Genetics, the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, the University of Utah, and the University of California at Irvine have tapped into Ambry's large collection of multigene panel test results to clarify hereditary cancer associations in...
My Gene Counsel Weighs in on Large-Scale Multigene Panel Study of Hereditary Cancer Risk
Investigators at Ambry Genetics, the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, the University of Utah, and the University of California at Irvine have tapped into Ambry's large collection of multigene panel test results to clarify hereditary cancer associations in high-risk patients...
Complex Genetic Testing Errors Emerge Amid Increasing Panel Use, Consumer Access, Case Series Finds
Errors in the ordering and interpretation of genetic tests for cancer, as well as in communicating results, are continuing to occur, and a newly published report highlighting some of these errors suggests that the nature of the mistakes are reflective of the rapid...
Precision Oncology News Features My Gene Counsel's New Report on Genetic Testing Errors
Errors in the ordering and interpretation of genetic tests for cancer, as well as in communicating results, are continuing to occur, and a newly published report highlighting some of these errors suggests that the nature of the mistakes are reflective of the rapid...
Genetic Testing Unleashed: What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
I'm a certified genetic counselor and I've witnessed the great benefits that can be realized with genetic testing. Genetic testing can help individuals and their clinicians determine if they are at higher risk to develop the cancer, cardiac disease, or other genetic...
What You Should Know About Insurance Before You Have Genetic Testing
When I began seeing patients for cancer genetic counseling and testing back in the mid 1990s, one of the greatest fears our patients expressed was that genetic testing could tank their insurability. Frankly, genetic counselors shared this fear. We were entering...