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Top 5 Reasons Cancer Survivors Should Consider Genetic Testing

Top 5 Reasons Cancer Survivors Should Consider Genetic Testing

by Caitlin Kingsley | Jun 5, 2022 | Genetic Journal

If you are a cancer survivor and a candidate for genetic testing (based on your personal or family history of disease), here are the top five reasons you should consider genetic testing: Genetic testing could help you reduce your risk for developing a new cancer in...
Sue Friedman, Founder of FORCE, Shares Her Story

Sue Friedman, Founder of FORCE, Shares Her Story

by Caitlin Kingsley | 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...
Tips from the Director of the Sexual Health Program at Dana Farber Cancer Institute

Tips from the Director of the Sexual Health Program at Dana Farber Cancer Institute

by Caitlin Kingsley | Feb 13, 2018 | Genetic Journal

In keeping with our Valentine’s Day theme, we are focusing on sexuality in cancer survivors and previvors. Did you know that there are specialists in this area who can help you (and your partner) to get back in the groove? Here are some tips on vaginal dryness from...
VUS Reclassified to Suspected Deleterious: When Genetic Counseling Updates Become Lifesaving

VUS Reclassified to Suspected Deleterious: When Genetic Counseling Updates Become Lifesaving

by Caitlin Kingsley | Nov 30, 2017 | Genetic Journal

Mary Ellen always knew that her family history included cancer. Her mom was diagnosed with breast cancer in her 50s and died in her 60s. Early-onset breast cancer, prostate cancer, and possible ovarian cancers were seen in aunts, uncles, and cousins. So, it was not...
Beyond BRCA: Hereditary Diffuse Gastric Cancer Syndrome and CDH1 Mutations

Beyond BRCA: Hereditary Diffuse Gastric Cancer Syndrome and CDH1 Mutations

by Caitlin Kingsley | Nov 22, 2016 | Genetic Journal

Genetic Counseling Note: People who have a mutation in one of their two CDH1 gene copies have a syndrome called Hereditary Diffuse Gastric Cancer (HDGC). This syndrome increases the risk of developing stomach cancer in men and women, lobular breast cancer in women,...
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