Tag: Multi-Gene Panels

ICARE Newsletter Fall 2024

American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Guideline Update: Selecting Genetic Tests in Patients with Various Cancers

What elements are most important in the collection of family history? When and how to use multigene panel testing when indicated? Which genes should be tested based on cancer type? Among patients with tumor testing, who should be offered germline testing? For a full list of recommendations in this guideline, the article is available at: …

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ICARE Social Media Post August 2021

Germline Testing & Advanced Cancers

Check out the article for more information: https://ascopubs.org/doi/pdf/10.1200/JCO.20.03661

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ICARE Social Media Post July 2021

Inherited Cancer in Colorectal Cancer Patients

For more information, view the article at: https://ascopubs.org/doi/10.1200/PO.20.00525

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ICARE Social Media Post June 2021

Actionable Pathogenic Variants Among Caribbean-Born People With Breast or Ovarian Cancer

For more information, view the article at: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2776805

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ICARE Social Media Post September 2020

NCCN Genetic Testing Choice Updates

The National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) released new guidelines on September 8th, 2020, which included updates to genetic testing choices and considerations as follows: Choice of multi-gene panel may be guided by genes included, analyses offered, and financial assistance programs available for family testing Significant limitations in interpretations of polygenic risk scores:  NOT recommended for …

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ICARE Social Media Post January 2020

Celebrating 10 Years of ICARE

  Happy New Year! 2020 represents a decade for ICARE We are celebrating 10 years of research, education, and engagement, through which we have enrolled nearly 3500 participants, including over 2000 gene mutation carriers, disseminated 15 newsletters, led and collaborated on multiple research projects, and impacted individuals affected by inherited cancer predisposition all over the …

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ICARE Newsletter Summer 2019

Expanding Our Thinking About Cancer Risks in TP53 Mutations and Li-Fraumeni Syndrome

Since expanded genetic testing has become available through multigene panel tests, studies have suggested that many people identified to have TP53 mutations do not have a typical personal or family history, which is usually seen with Li-Fraumeni syndrome (LFS). A recent study looking at over 300 individuals with TP53 mutations (identified through multi-gene panel testing) …

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ICARE Newsletter Winter 2018

Advances in Cancer Screening Among Li-Fraumeni Syndrome Patients

Several research groups from around the world that have conducted cancer screening among patients with Li-Fraumeni syndrome and a germline TP53 mutation have recently reported on their observations. Specifically, the National Cancer Institute group demonstrated that screening inclusive of rapid total body MRI detected cancers at an early stage,1 similar to findings published through other …

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ICARE Newsletter Summer 2017

Breast and Ovarian Cancer Associations for Genes Tested Through Multi-Gene Panels

As testing for multiple genes at the same time (“multi-gene panel testing”) has become increasingly available with tremendous advances in genetic testing technology, it has become critical to evaluate and refine cancer associations and levels of risk for many of these genes now tested. Through a commercial laboratory database of almost 100,000 results of multi-gene …

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ICARE Newsletter Summer 2012

Emerging Cancer Panels for Testing Patients for Inherited Cancer Predisposition

Genetic testing for inherited cancer predisposition is typically performed by testing for one condition at a time. However, with the tremendous advances in genetic testing technologies over the last few years, the cost of testing has plummeted. To put this into perspective, the first human genome cost 2-3 billion dollars to sequence and took over …

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