by My Gene Counsel | Feb 12, 2020 | All
February 2020 Update Whether you love it or hate it, most people know February 14 as Valentine’s Day, a celebration of love and all things heart-shaped. But another important day is observed each year on February 14 and it too involves love and sometimes...
by Jill Mastrianni | Jan 21, 2020 | News
What happened? A 49-year-old woman with a maternal family history of breast cancer was seen in a high-risk breast clinic. Both her mother and grandmother had breast cancer at an early age. Because her mother had reportedly declined genetic testing, the woman’s...
by Jill Mastrianni | 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...
by Jill Mastrianni | Jan 2, 2020 | News
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...
by user | Oct 25, 2019 | Media section
Precision Oncology News and My Gene Counsel have partnered to produce the “Genetic Testing Challenges in Oncology” series to highlight real-world issues that genetics experts and medical professionals are encountering as genetic tests are increasingly...
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