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Story 05/11/23

Struck by genetic lightning: Living with Li-Fraumeni syndrome and metastatic breast cancer

Lisa Francis shares her experience of navigating a double diagnosis of metastatic breast cancer and a rare genetic syndrome during a global pandemic.

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Unraveling the strand: Navigating genomic and genetic testing with your patients

Healthcare provider webinar on genomic (tumor biomarker testing) and genetic testing for an inherited mutation

Story 03/20/23

Young Black women: Check your risk

LBBC joins #BringYourBrave Campaign to raise awareness about breast cancer risk in young women of color, and how to face it and lower it.

Story 01/13/23

Navigating genetic testing and previvorship: Taylor Harris

Author Taylor Harris discusses genetic testing, previvorship, faith, love, family, mental health, and more.

Story 09/08/22

Fact vs. fiction: The truth about genetic testing

Whether you’re at high risk, newly diagnosed, or being treated for breast cancer, you may want to talk with your health care team about genetic testing for inherited mutations. There are ...

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Genetics and male breast cancer

About 10 percent of men diagnosed with breast cancer have a breast cancer-related genetic mutation, most commonly in the BRCA1 or BRCA2 gene. Everyone has the BRCA1 and BRCA2 gene. But errors in ...

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Telling loved ones about your gene mutation

Telling your family how a breast cancer gene mutation impacts their health can be hard. Here are some tips to help you get started.

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Genetics and family risk

According to the National Cancer Institute, 1 in 8 American women will develop breast cancer in her lifetime. Certain genes, small pieces of your DNA, can cause breast cancer to grow when they ...

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Sharing your genetic test results with family

Though genetic testing is highly personal, it may be important to you or your family to share what you’ve learned from your results. Communicating such important and sensitive information can ...

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Sharing your genetic test results at work

Though you may need to take time off for genetic testing just as you would for a doctor’s appointment, you don’t have to share your medical or genetic information with your employers. Your ...