People that pursue preimplantation genetic testing for monogenic disorders (PGT-M) with in vitro fertilization (IVF) usually do so to avoid passing down a genetic risk to their biological children. They typically do this by choosing not to transfer embryos found to...
Rebecca Hughes was only 31 when she received devastating news. She had Stage 3 ovarian cancer. Due to the aggressive nature of ovarian cancer and the lack of effective screening for potential recurrences, the recommended treatment protocol is a complete hysterectomy...
Ever since Angelina Jolie shared with the world her BRCA status and her choice to undergo a prophylactic mastectomy, a growing number of women have asked: “Should I have BRCA testing too?” BRCA1 and BRCA2 are the genes that cause the two most common hereditary breast...
What is Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer syndrome? While most cancer happens by chance (i.e. sporadic), about 5-10% of cancers are caused, in part, by inheriting a genetic variant from a parent that increases the risk for certain cancers over a person’s lifetime....
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, but some of you have breast cancer on your minds all year long. Maybe you’re a breast cancer survivor or your family members have had the disease. Five to ten percent of people with cancer have an inherited form, such as...
