What Men Need To Know About Prostate Cancer – Color
November 30, 2016
by Taylor Sittler, co-founder and chief scientific officer New studies suggest a man’s risk of prostate cancer may be heavily influenced by specific genetic changes, called mutations, previously linked to breast and ovarian cancer in women. These studies identified some of the... Read More#Reasons2StandUp to Cancer – Color
November 30, 2016
Today marks the fifth fundraising telecast of Stand Up To Cancer. Stand Up To Cancer’s work enables the best and brightest to collaborate on “Dream Teams” to share their expertise and accelerate the process of finding better ways to treat cancer. In honor of tonight’s... Read MoreThe New Era of Genetic Testing – Color
November 30, 2016
“Genetic testing has entered a new era and our older paradigms are no longer sufficient.” That’s the context for a new study in the journal Oncology, “What’s New in Genetic Testing for Cancer Susceptibility?” While covering a range of issues, the article identifies... Read MoreNurse Navigators: Excellent Partners for Genetic Counselors
November 30, 2016
I recently attended the 7th annual Academy of Oncology Nurse & Patient Navigators (AONN) conference and presented a poster at the conference. It was a jam-packed meeting focusing on all areas of oncology nurse navigation and survivorship. Many of the attendees expressed an... Read MoreKnowledge is Power: How Genetic Testing Helped Ellen Make Better Health Decisions
November 30, 2016
“I think every cancer survivor probably has the same concerns — that the cancer might come back or another cancer might occur and how do you deal with it if it does. Realizing this was a possibility I thought that the genetic testing results, whatever they might be, would... Read MoreChristy’s Story on the Importance of Family and Genetic Testing
November 30, 2016
“This is something to take and run with. I don’t want my children to go through what I had to go through with my father. I just want them to get the most out of life.” Every day, we hear how genetic testing for hereditary cancer risk has helped people and their families... Read More
Prostate cancer is one of the most important health issues for men
November 11, 2016
About 1 in every 7 men in the US will develop prostate cancer in his lifetime. While most prostate cancers grow slowly, some can grow and spread quickly. There are a number of things you can do to be proactive about your risk. What can you do? Talk to your healthcare provider... Read MoreKnowledge is Power: How Genetic Information Gives Brian The Time and Ability to Make Health Decisions
August 24, 2016
“If we can have the information at our fingertips, wouldn’t we want it that way?” — Brian Frank Our Knowledge is Power Series shares personal stories of individuals who were motivated to learn their genetic risks of developing hereditary cancer. Some are motivated by... Read More
Addressing Racial Disparity in Genetic Testing
August 18, 2016
While our understanding of cancer genetics has advanced since the discovery of the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes in the mid-1990s, the majority of genetics data has been collected from individuals in the Caucasian and European populations. For example, in the Exome Aggregation... Read More