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My Gene Counsel, Genomet Develop Decision Support Solution for Precision Cancer Care
As seen on GenomeWeb.com: Digital health company My Gene Counsel on Tuesday said it is partnering with Genomet to improve precision cancer care by providing a digital decision support solution for clinicians that combines My Gene Counsel's genetic counseling reports...
Woman Without High Breast Cancer Risk Recommended Surgery
A woman in her mid-40s without a personal history of cancer came to see a breast surgeon due to her family history of breast cancer and a sister who was "BRCA positive." The surgeon ordered a large pan-cancer multigene panel, which revealed she had two variants of...
What Are the Long-Term Safety Risks of the Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 Vaccines?
On Friday evening, December 18, 2020, the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Moderna's mRNA COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use, joining Pfizer's previously approved vaccine in the fight against COVID-19. In previous articles, I discussed how...
Is the COVID-19 Vaccine Safe?
On Friday, December 12, 2020, the United States Food and Drug Administration issued its first Emergency Use Authorization for a COVID-19 vaccine. The FDA's approval of this vaccine, developed by Pfizer, followed recent approvals of the same vaccine by the UK, Canada,...
BRCA2-Positive Healthy Young Man Recommended Mastectomy
A 20-year-old man came in to see a surgeon and get genetic testing based on a history of breast cancer and a pathogenic BRCA2 variant in the family. The man's mother, who accompanied him to see the surgeon, had been diagnosed with breast cancer in her late 20s and had...
How Do the COVID-19 mRNA Vaccines Work?
Pfizer and Moderna grabbed headlines, and ushered in hope, in announcing this month that each company has vaccines that preliminary data suggest being 90-94% effective in preventing COVID-19 infections. This news is a much-needed salve to a world that has surpassed...
Surgeon Recommends Mastectomy for Woman with RAD50 Mutation
A 42-year-old woman underwent a breast biopsy due to an abnormal mammogram. Even though the biopsy analysis yielded benign findings, the woman's family history with pancreatic cancer prompted the surgeon to order a 70-gene panel test to assess if she had inherited a...
Unnecessary Testing Identifies BRCA2 VUS in 16-Year-Old Girl
A gynecologist ordered genetic testing for a 16-year-old girl with an unspecified breast finding and a limited family history of cancer. Genetic testing detected a variant of unknown significance (VUS) in BRCA2. Since this patient had this breast finding, a...
NewHavenBiz.com: Matloff Revolutionizes Genetic Testing
Ellen Matloff, president and CEO of My Gene Counsel, has been described as an advocate and a visionary for her work in the field of genetic testing. "She's an advocate for patients, for genetic counselors, her team, and her community. She deeply cares for our team,...