by Danielle Bonadies | Mar 26, 2021 | Genetic Testing Challenges in Oncology, News
A 57-year-old woman with breast cancer was referred by her surgeon to see a genetic counselor because this was her second breast cancer diagnosis. Three years earlier, this patient had been tested for inherited pathogenic variants in BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes associated...
by Danielle Bonadies | Mar 1, 2021 | Genetic Testing Challenges in Oncology, News
A 24-year-old woman came to see a genetic counselor to discuss her inherited risk for breast cancer. She claimed she had undergone genetic testing at age 16 due to a strong history of breast cancers on her mother’s side of the family and had a pathogenic variant...
by Danielle Bonadies | Nov 25, 2020 | Genetic Testing Challenges in Oncology, News
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...
by Danielle Bonadies | May 26, 2020 | Genetic Testing Challenges in Oncology, News
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,...
by Danielle Bonadies | Apr 6, 2020 | Genetic Testing Challenges in Oncology, News
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...
