by Danielle Bonadies | Apr 8, 2024 | Genetic Testing Challenges in Oncology, News
A primary care doctor referred a 39-year-old Ashkenazi Jewish woman for genetic counseling because of a known familial BRCA2 variant. The patient was also undergoing egg retrieval for in vitro fertilization and had told her doctor she would consider pre-implantation...
by Danielle Bonadies | Feb 16, 2024 | Genetic Testing Challenges in Oncology, News
A 35-year-old man sought out genetic counseling because his mother had a pathogenic variant in MSH6. The patient’s family history also revealed a paternal relative with pancreatic cancer which, in addition to his Ashkenazi Jewish ancestry, prompted the GC to...
by Danielle Bonadies | Nov 21, 2023 | Genetic Testing Challenges in Oncology, News
During a routine gynecogical appointment, a young woman reported that her paternal grandmother, was diagnosed with early-onset breast cancer and still living. Based on this family history, the gynecologist ordered a genetic testing that included multiple genes to...
by Danielle Bonadies | Sep 6, 2023 | Genetic Testing Challenges in Oncology, News
A 51-year-old female pursued genetic testing because she thought her mother was diagnosed with ovarian cancer at age 30. After the testing was ordered by the patient’s gynecologist, the patient realized her mother actually had cervical cancer, not ovarian. The test...
by Danielle Bonadies | May 20, 2023 | Genetic Testing Challenges in Oncology, News
A doctor told a 59-year-old patient that she may have Von Hippel-Lindau syndrome (VHL) due to a personal history of polyps and family history of gastrointestinal cancers. The patient met with a genetic counselor, who determined the patient did not have any features...
