All Posts: genetic testing
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MRI May Lower Breast Cancer Deaths From Variants in Three Genes
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Cancer Genetic Counseling in the Time of COVID-19
(May 28, 2020) — It may be hard to believe, but as recently as 2014, the idea of delivering genetic counseling for familial cancer risk remotely instead of in-person was quite controversial. Without data about whether this service could be provided effectively and without adverse effects, many genetic counselors were hesitant to adopt it and […]
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Cancer Organization Recommends Genetic Testing for Jewish People of Ashkenazi Descent
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Be a Family Detective This Holiday Season
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Telenovela Empowers At-Risk Latina Women to Seek Genetic Counseling Services
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Direct-To-Consumer Genetic Testing: Getting it ‘Morally Right’
(September 18, 2019) — The TV advertisements for DNA testing are ubiquitous: there’s one with the young man who thought he was part German until genetic testing led him to trade his lederhosen for a kilt, and there’s a woman pictured taking exciting trips to various parts of the world — from Scandinavia to West […]
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Significant ‘Knowledge Gap’ Exists in Use of Genetic Testing to Decide Cancer Treatment
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Why Adults at Risk for Huntington’s Disease Choose Not to Learn if They Inherited Deadly Gene
MEDIA CONTACT:Karen Teberkm463@georgetown.edu WASHINGTON (May 16, 2019) — As many as 90 percent of individuals who have a parent with Huntington’s disease (HD) choose not to take a gene test that reveals if they will also develop the fatal disorder — and a new study details the reasons why. Understanding the “why” matters as new […]
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