In this video, breast cancer survivor Rachel Pappas shared with Breast Cancer Answersher perspective on how to decide on whether or not to undergo genetic testing for the BRCA gene- a gene that has been found to cause breast and ovarian cancers. She gives great advice as to what questions you need to ask yourself, [...]
Dr. Harness makes recommendations regarding genetic counseling in this video, which provides a detailed history taken of the family, both on the maternal and paternal side, looking for a history of breast cancer and ovarian cancer’ Jay K. Harness, MD FACS: I have been asked a somewhat confusing question in the [...]
In this video, Dr. Harness explains that genetic tests look at an individual’s inherited traits or genes by looking at groups of genes and how active they are. A genomic test, such as the Oncotype DX Test, provides information about the tumor. Dr. Jay K. Harness, MD, FACS: Genetic tests look at an individual’s inherited [...]
Genetic testing for breast cancer is a simple blood test that can help determine a patient’s likelihood of developing breast cancer. Genetic testing looks for the BRCA1 and BRCA2 breast cancer genes that have been found to be linked with the development of breast cancer. Dr. Harness gives us more details into this type of [...]
