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Cancer genetic testing
The most common type of genetic testing is done to look for mutation that is passed on such as brca mutation in breast cancer. The second type is done on the cancer itself to see if there is a gene mistake that could be treated with a targeted drug.
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A 39-year old asked:
Is there any routine breast cancer genetic testing?
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A 41-year old asked:
Who should get breast cancer genetic testing?
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A 28-year old female asked:
Mom got ovarian cancer at 37. None of her other family got it or any other cancer. Should I consider genetic testing? How do I lower my risk?
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A 34-year old female asked:
I'm a 34 yr old female. My 63 y/o mother has colon cancer. Should i seek genetic testing? What are the pros/cons re: the genetic testing for me?
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A 35-year old asked:
How accurate is the genetic testing for ovarian cancer?
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A 58-year old female asked:
How do you get genetic testing for cancer? Every family member older then me ie parents aunts and uncles have all died with cancer and now younger bro
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A female asked about a male:
Do you recommend genetic testing such as is offered by personalized genomics companies? Prostate cancer seems to run in our family
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A 19-year old female asked:
How rare is a positive cdh1 test? My dad & two of his siblings died of stomach cancer before 40, youngest was 21. Considering genetic testing
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A female asked:
1.5 cm thyroid Nodule diagnosed by FNA as indeterminate. having 2nd FNA in 4 wks for some kind of genetics testing. cysts & another nodule. Cancer?
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A 43-year old asked:
How much does genetic testing for breast cancer cost?
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A 39-year old asked:
Does genetic testing help define best treatment for breast cancer?
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A 37-year old asked:
What can I do if my mom was diagnosed with breast cancer. Should i think about getting genetic testing?
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A 49-year old asked:
Can you tell me if given the oppurtunity to get genetic testing for the breast cancer gene should I do it?
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A 40-year old female asked:
How many relatives need to have had breastcancer before you should get genetic testing for the BRCA genes? My mother contracted breast cancer, I am 40
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A 33-year old asked:
How can genetic tests predict cancer?
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A 45-year old asked:
Please explain why is cancer classified as a disease instead of a genetic defect?
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A 24-year old asked:
Is heart cancer genetic?
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A 31-year old asked:
Is uterine cancer genetic?
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A 32-year old asked:
Is vaginal cancer genetic?
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A 32-year old asked:
Can you tell me is skin cancer genetic?
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A 47-year old asked:
Does anyone have any information about genetics of intestinal cancer?
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A 55-year old male asked:
Is there a genetic predisposition for angiosarcoma? My dad is fighting this cancer.
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A 60-year old asked:
What is the value, if any, of having a genetic profile made for a man with prostate cancer?
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A member asked:
Is there a genetic aspect to esophegian cancer and what approach should one take to monitoring
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Is cancer hereditary? Is cancer genetic? If you parents or grandparents have/had it, are you more likely to get it?
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A 33-year old male asked:
My grandpa & great grandpa had aggressive prostate cancer & I have multiple genetic markers for it. I am 31. What tests should I have done 2 b safe?
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A 32-year old asked:
Which is the genetic cancer called that you can catch from your parents?
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A 32-year old asked:
Is it true that lung cancer genetic?
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A 46-year old asked:
Can lung cancer be contageous or genetic?
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A 38-year old asked:
What is the genetic recurrence of breast cancer?
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