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Assuming All Labs Are Equal Gives False Reassurance of Risk
An oncologist began seeing a new patient – a woman who had previously had breast cancer, received genetic testing, and reported having a family history of cancer and Cowden syndrome. Based on this information, the oncologist referred her for genetic counseling. The...
MMRF CureCloud Study Launches to Democratize Access to Genomic Data in Multiple Myeloma
In an interview with Targeted Oncology, Hearn Jay Cho, MD, PhD, Chief Medical Officer of MMRF and Associate Professor of Hematology and Medical Oncology at Mount Sinai Hospital Ruttenberg Treatment Center and Irene M. Ghobrial, MD, Director of the Clinical...
MMRF Programs Aim to Boost Precision Med Knowledge, Access in Multiple Myeloma
If the goal is to enroll as many people as possible in a precision medicine program, the process has to be easy for patients, regardless of their condition, geographic location, or socioeconomic situation. That is the aim of the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation's...
The Importance of Genetic Counseling
Ellen Matloff, president and CEO of My Gene Counsel, was recently interviewed by Chené Murphy for DNAWeekly.com. What is the story behind founding My Gene Counsel? My co-founder, Danielle Bonadies, and I are genetic counselors who ran the Cancer Genetic Counseling...
Lynch Syndrome Patient Has Ovaries, Uterus Removed at Age 22
After seeing multiple members of a family with late-stage cancers at young ages, their oncologist suspected that these malignancies may be due to Lynch syndrome. The hereditary cancer syndrome is known to increase genetic risk for certain types of cancers. The mother...
Do Your Genes Place You at High Risk for COVID-19?
In the last six months, the world has learned that the SARS-CoV-2 virus, more commonly known as COVID-19, is contagious, can be deadly, and has become a global pandemic. As of today, more than 8.2 million people have tested positive, and more than 445,000 have died...
Missed Mutations Highlight Somatic, Germline Test Difference
A patient with Cowden syndrome developed a neuroendocrine tumor. Cowden syndrome is a hereditary condition that causes non-cancerous tumor-like growths in the skin and mucous membranes. It can also increase the risk for certain cancers, such as melanoma, breast,...
Patient with BRCA1 VUS Has Prophylactic Surgery
A woman in her 40s visited a general surgeon for non-cancer related reasons and was assessed for her hereditary risk for cancer. The patient did not have a personal history of cancer, but her mother, who is in her 60s, had recently been diagnosed with...
Germline Genetic Testing, Counseling Move Remote as Pandemic Limits In-Person Care Capacity
Many healthcare systems in recent weeks have had to shift available resources and in-person care plans to increase capacity for a potential influx of SARS-CoV-2 infected patients. While some may consider germline genetic testing for assessing hereditary cancer risk a...