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Genetics, Genetic Testing, and Breast Cancer: Part 3
Genetics, Genetic Testing, and Breast Cancer: Part 3
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Length:
12 minutes
Released:
Oct 19, 2016
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Cristina Nixon is a licensed certified genetic counselor with the Cancer Risk Assessment and Genetics Program at Main Line Health in Pennsylvania. In addition to counseling patients, she also assists with research, including most recently a study looking at multi-gene panels in BRCA1/BRCA2-positive families. Cristina also has completed the City of Hope’s intensive course in cancer risk assessment.
This is part three of three-part podcast on genetics and breast cancer with Cristina.
Listen to this podcast to hear her explain:
how a woman could use an online risk assessment tool
the factors the different tools consider
why it’s important that a woman use a risk assessment tool with her doctor or a licensed genetic counselor
what the results from direct-to-consumer testing companies such as 23andMe and Ancestry.com contain
Listen to part 1 of the series.
Listen to part 2 of the series.
This is part three of three-part podcast on genetics and breast cancer with Cristina.
Listen to this podcast to hear her explain:
how a woman could use an online risk assessment tool
the factors the different tools consider
why it’s important that a woman use a risk assessment tool with her doctor or a licensed genetic counselor
what the results from direct-to-consumer testing companies such as 23andMe and Ancestry.com contain
Listen to part 1 of the series.
Listen to part 2 of the series.
Released:
Oct 19, 2016
Format:
Podcast episode
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