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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...
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...
Genetic Testing: When Should You Consider Testing Beyond BRCA?
Ms. Matloff describes which patients are candidates for genetic testing, summarizes the types of hereditary cancer testing (gene vs panel) available for patient management and discusses the key personal and family history findings that determine which test is best for...
Genomic Data Carve A New Path For Consumers, Clinical Trials
Genetic testing has been available for decades in one form or another. But genetic testing was expensive (thousands of dollars per patient), time-consuming (results often took months to return), and limited in scope (usually one or two genes at a...
Pilot Program Aims to Help Consumers Verify, Interpret Results of DTC Genetic Tests
The popularity of direct-to-consumer (DTC) genetic testing has increased steadily in recent years. But the growing use of these tests has also highlighted the need for validating and interpreting the tests’ results. In an effort to address these and other challenges...
As DTC Genetic Testing Grows Among Consumers, Insurers Are Beginning to Get on Board
As direct-to-consumer (DTC) testing gains momentum among consumers, there is a need for educating consumers on their DTC testing results and validating these results with confirmatory testing in a medical-grade laboratory. Spearheading this mission, My Gene Counsel, a...
A Scalable Model for Returning Continually Updated Genetic Results to Consumers and Clinicians
This webinar is part of the Ethical and Regulatory Issues in Cancer Research (ENRICH) Forum webinar series. In this webinar, Ellen T. Matloff, M.S. President and CEO, My Gene Counsel discussed how to make people stewards of their genetic data, provide them with...
Adoption And Sperm And Egg Donations Are No Longer Anonymous
For over a century parents had the option of placing a child for adoption anonymously – meaning that the child and adoptive family had little or no information about the biological parents, and few, if any, means to contact each other in the future. But the advent of...