Colorectal cancer is fairly common for both men and women in the United States. The lifetime risk for developing colorectal cancer is 1 in 22 for men and just slightly lower for women (1 in 24). There are many factors that can increase the risk of developing...
Watching a loved one suffer from a debilitating disease is heartbreaking. It’s also scary thinking about whether you may also develop the same condition or pass it on to your own children. Preimplantation genetic testing (PGT) is an option for many people facing...
Mutations in the BRCA genes give women an elevated risk of developing breast and ovarian cancer — this is known as hereditary breast and ovarian cancer (HBOC) syndrome. According to the National Cancer Institute, BRCA1 and BRCA2 are tumor suppressor genes: in other...
Leslie Evans, MS, CGCLeslie is a board-certified clinical genetic counselor and former Program Manager for the preimplantation genetic testing (PGT) program of the ORM Genomics team and former Project Manager for SharingHealthyGenes.com. She completed her Bachelor’s...
Nearly 40 percent of American men and women will be diagnosed with cancer in their lifetimes, and approximately five to 10 percent of these cancers are the result of inherited gene mutations, according to the National Cancer Institute. So, is cancer a genetic disease?...