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...
Originally published February 29, 2016 Lynch syndrome is an autosomal dominant condition. This means that a person who carries one copy of a mutation in any of the genes known to cause Lynch syndrome is at increased risk to develop multiple adult-onset cancers,...
As seen on The Washington Post and Kaiser Health News By Christina Bennett When her gynecologist recommended genetic testing, Mai Tran was reluctant. “I didn’t really want to do it,” recalled Tran, who had just turned 21 and was living in New...
In 2019, the field of personalized medicine continued to grow with the market launch of more than two dozen drugs targeting novel genomic alterations and numerous genetic tests to determine whether patients are at risk for serious diseases like cancer, and whether...
