Patient Advocates/Producers Devin Sidell and Amy Byer Shainman share their hereditary breast and ovarian cancer syndrome journeys that inspired the first HBOC scripted feature film.
All tagged breast cancer
#329 Preventive Genomic Medicine: Saving Lives and Healthcare Costs with MyOme
Shifting healthcare from reactive to proactive, Dr. Matthew Rabinowitz breaks down how preventive genomic medicine can save $200 billion annually in healthcare costs.
#309 Netflix’s Sandra Lee on her Breast Cancer and “Blue Ribbon Baking Championship”
Multiple Emmy Award-Winning Sandra Lee shares her personal breast cancer experience and new Netflix baking championship show.
#238 Secondary Findings with Caralynn Wilczewski and Andrea Alvarez
Genetic testing secondary findings and a study exploring what they mean for the patients who receive them. Learn more in this 30 minute podcast episode with a patient advocate and an expert from the NIH.
#159 Black Cancer Genes on Breast Cancer
Attorney /Patient Advocate Erika Stallings and Genetic Counselor Dena Goldberg discuss breast cancer in the Black patients.
#111: NSGC 2019 Recap
Highlights and Tips from the 2019 NSGC Conference.
#81 Irina Brooke on BRCA2
Patient advocate shares advice from her genetic testing/counseling and breast cancer journey.
#54 NYS Regional Cytogenetics Meeting
A review of the NYS Regional Cytogenetics Meeting and a preview of 3 epigenetic UCONN events you can attend in the next 2 weeks.
#36 BRCA UCONN Event
I recap the UCONN BRCA event I MCed. It featured a panel of experts including a Certified Genetic Counselor Robin Schwartz, members of the department of Public Health Genomics Advisory, Physicians and Cancer survivors.
#35 October Awareness Month
It’s October and that means it National Awareness for many cancers, disorders and diseases. I discuss some of these giving a 101 lesson on the diseases such as breast cancer and liver cancer.
#17 PTSD and Breast Cancer Genes
All about genes! New study finds gene variants may be a contributor to PTSD. New genes have also been discovered to be linked to triple-negative breast cancer.