Last Updated June 15, 2022 True or false? Men don’t need genetic testing since only women can have a hereditary risk to develop cancer. Answer: FALSE. The notion that men cannot have hereditary cancer mutations that put them at increased risk to develop cancer is just...
Errors in genetic testing are unfortunately commonplace. One of the most common genetic testing errors involves recognizing that genetic testing is appropriate but ordering the wrong test. For instance, people who have a personal and/or family history suggestive of...
The vast majority of people diagnosed with colon cancer are over the age of 50. In fact, the average age of colon cancer diagnoses in the United States is 68 for men and 72 for women. However, colon cancer can and does occur in people in their teens, 20s, 30s, and...
Digital health company provides guidance to people with genetic variants for MUTYH, FH, and Parkinson’s. NEW HAVEN, CONN. (PRWEB) JULY 23, 2019 My Gene Counsel, a digital health company that provides personalized, easy-to-understand web-based genetic...
Updated June 14, 2019 by Ellen Matloff When I originally published this article, I disclosed how much of an imprint this case left on me. Now, as we approach the 7-year anniversary of finally discovering the genetic mutation that plagued Nate’s family, I decided...
