by Danielle Bonadies | Jan 6, 2021 | Genetic Journal
This is part of a series of articles written to highlight rare hereditary cancer syndromes. In this interview, Heather shares her story of living with Cowden syndrome. Genetic Counseling Note: People who have a mutation (also known as a pathogenic variant) in the PTEN...
by Danielle Bonadies | Oct 7, 2020 | Genetic Journal
When celebrities publicly share their cancer diagnoses, it is common for medical professionals to experience dramatic increases in office calls and for Internet searches about the celebrity’s cancer to rise. In this blog post, we shine the spotlight on a few...
by Danielle Bonadies | Sep 28, 2020 | Genetic Journal
Sue Friedman is the Founder and the Executive Director of FORCE: Facing Our Risk of Cancer Empowered, a national non-profit organization dedicated to improving the lives of those with hereditary breast, ovarian, and related cancers. Sue has been a well-known leader in...
by Danielle Bonadies | Feb 6, 2020 | News
Paired tumor/germline testing is far from standard practice in cancer care, but some experts in the field are advocating that when patients have their tumors genomically profiled to determine precision medicine options, that is an opportunity to also evaluate them for...
by Danielle Bonadies | Jan 9, 2020 | News
Since its launch in 2013, ClinVar has not only amassed a wealth of genetic variant information, but the lab and clinical genetics community in the US are readily referencing it when they have questions about the clinical significance of variants. A few healthcare...
