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...
