Webcast: Genomic Medicine in Breast & Ovarian Cancer May 17, 2008
Posted by Dr. Bertalan Meskó in Cancer, Personalized medicine, Webinar.trackback
My good friend, Steve Murphy, is going to come up with something interesting again. Helix Health, the first stand alone genomic medicine practice in the US, will host a free 90-minute webcast on the 21st of May, 2008 from 1:00-2:30 PM EDT on:
How Genomic Medicine Is Changing the Management of Breast & Ovarian Cancer
Click here to register.
Every hour, 150 people in the United States are diagnosed with cancer. Yet today, there are a growing number of people who are not waiting to hear that diagnosis. They are undergoing genetic testing to determine whether they have a genetic predisposition to the disease.
That’s exactly what Jessica Queller, author of Pretty Is What Changes, did after her mother, a breast cancer survivor, died of ovarian cancer. Jessica tested positive for the BRCA1 gene mutation and faced a most difficult decision. Jessica will join David Ewing Duncan, bestselling author of Masterminds: Genius, DNA
and the Quest to Rewrite Life, and a panel of distinguished medical and legal professionals to discuss how the doctor-patient relationship is changing and what the potential liability is for physicians in this new era of breast & ovarian cancer and genomic medicine.What should a doctor and patient do when a patient tests positive?
What is the risk in taking a “wait and see” approach?
Are there alternatives to radical surgery?
What are potential tort issues in predictive genetic testing and medical uses of
genetic tests?
Thanks Berci,
I have committed significant resources to this type of monthly education. Helix Health is and will continue to be the resource for physician education AND patient education, delivered by the specialists……
-Steve
http://www.helixhealth.org
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