applying these guidelines to individual families. They are intended to serve as a resource for health care providers to identify individuals who may benefit from cancer risk assessment and genetic counseling, to provide genetic professionals with an updated
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Mary B. Daly, Robert Pilarski, Jennifer E. Axilbund, Michael Berry, Saundra S. Buys, Beth Crawford, Meagan Farmer, Susan Friedman, Judy E. Garber, Seema Khan, Catherine Klein, Wendy Kohlmann, Allison Kurian, Jennifer K. Litton, Lisa Madlensky, P. Kelly Marcom, Sofia D. Merajver, Kenneth Offit, Tuya Pal, Huma Rana, Gwen Reiser, Mark E. Robson, Kristen Mahoney Shannon, Elizabeth Swisher, Nicoleta C. Voian, Jeffrey N. Weitzel, Alison Whelan, Myra J. Wick, Georgia L. Wiesner, Mary Dwyer, Rashmi Kumar, and Susan Darlow
Cynthia Villarreal-Garza, Fernanda Mesa-Chavez, Alejandra Plata de la Mora, Melina Miaja-Avila, Marisol Garcia-Garcia, Alan Fonseca, Sylvia de la Rosa-Pacheco, Marlid Cruz-Ramos, Manuel Rolando García Garza, Alejandro Mohar, and Enrique Bargallo-Rocha
cancer are invited to participate in J&F. The navigator discusses and provides educational material regarding relevant issues for YWBC, identifies patients’ needs, and assists in making early referrals to oncofertility, genetic counseling, and psycho
Jeremy Matloff, Aimee Lucas, Alexandros D. Polydorides, and Steven H. Itzkowitz
-risk individuals. Thus, any formalized process should specifically include the following steps: 1) identifying positive results; 2) contacting the physician who is responsible for the affected individuals; 3) genetic counseling and testing if available and desired
Michelle Guan, Gillian Gresham, Arvind Shinde, Isaac Lapite, Jun Gong, Veronica R. Placencio-Hickok, Christopher B. Forrest, and Andrew E. Hendifar
performance status, and HRQoL in patients with advanced cancer with the incorporation of a rehabilitation program. 18 , 30 – 33 Routine multidisciplinary consultation with services such as supportive care, nutrition, genetic counseling, and social services
Mary Ann Morgan and Crystal S. Denlinger
emphasize the need to know types and frequency of tests, information on what could happen, what their long-term/late needs may be, symptoms to report, and whom to call with concerns. Many have questions about genetic counseling, risks, and testing for their
Robert W. Carlson, D. Craig Allred, Benjamin O. Anderson, Harold J. Burstein, W. Bradford Carter, Stephen B. Edge, John K. Erban, William B. Farrar, Andres Forero, Sharon Hermes Giordano, Lori J. Goldstein, William J. Gradishar, Daniel F. Hayes, Clifford A. Hudis, Britt-Marie Ljung, P. Kelly Marcom, Ingrid A. Mayer, Beryl McCormick, Lori J. Pierce, Elizabeth C. Reed, Mary Lou Smith, George Somlo, Neal S. Topham, John H. Ward, Eric P. Winer, and Antonio C. Wolff
noninvasive lesion. Diagnostic evaluation of LCIS is described in the NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology (NCCN Guidelines) for Breast Cancer Screening and Diagnosis, and genetic counseling is recommended if the patient is considered to be at high
Margaret A. Tempero, Mokenge P. Malafa, Mahmoud Al-Hawary, Stephen W. Behrman, Al B. Benson III, Dana B. Cardin, E. Gabriela Chiorean, Vincent Chung, Brian Czito, Marco Del Chiaro, Mary Dillhoff, Timothy R. Donahue, Efrat Dotan, Cristina R. Ferrone, Christos Fountzilas, Jeffrey Hardacre, William G. Hawkins, Kelsey Klute, Andrew H. Ko, John W. Kunstman, Noelle LoConte, Andrew M. Lowy, Cassadie Moravek, Eric K. Nakakura, Amol K. Narang, Jorge Obando, Patricio M. Polanco, Sushanth Reddy, Marsha Reyngold, Courtney Scaife, Jeanne Shen, Charles Vollmer Jr., Robert A. Wolff, Brian M. Wolpin, Beth Lynn, and Giby V. George
cancer for whom a hereditary cancer syndrome is suspect should be considered for genetic counseling. 109 The panel emphasizes the importance of taking a thorough family history when seeing a new patient with pancreatic cancer. In particular, a family
Yvonne Bombard, Peter B. Bach, and Kenneth Offit
Examples: BRCA Testing for Breast and Ovarian Cancer Susceptibility: The report by the USP-STF considered the impact of genetic counseling on psychosocial response to BRCA testing (eg, anxiety, depression, cancer risk perception, uptake) and found
Stephanie A. Terezakis and Nancy Y. Lee
the presence of MTC. Because MTC has high penetrance in all 3 familial forms, first-degree relatives of a family member with the mutation should receive genetic counseling and testing if the patient index demonstrates the RET mutation. 10 , 11 The
Jill R. Tichy, Elgene Lim, and Carey K. Anders
. Cowden disease, caused by mutations in the PTEN gene, is exceedingly rare and is also associated with other tumors, particularly of the skin, thyroid, and endometrium. 39 Genetic counseling plays a paramount role in decision-making for young women
