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Features of the Week

Breast Cancer Genomics & Family History: the Celebrity Effect

• CDC information: Breast and ovarian cancer and family health history


• CDC information: Genetic testing for breast and ovarian cancer


• CDC podcast: Hereditary breast and ovarian cancer: BRCA and your patient
  


• CDC blog post: Implementing evidence-based genomic tests at the intersection of public health & healthcare in Michigan & Connecticut


• My medical choice: my mother fought cancer for almost a decade and died at 56. By Angelina Jolie, New York Times May 14


• Jolie's double mastectomy shines light on preventing cancer, NPR News, May 15


• The choice, by Dr Mark Robson, Huffington Post, May 17


• What Angelina Jolie forgot to mention, by Dr H. Gilbert Welch, CNN,  May 17


• Breast cancer: What is the risk? By Ben Carter BBC News, May 17


• Did you know: 1217 genes have been reported in relation to the risk of breast cancer, including 70 genomewide association studies. The most frequently studied genes are BRCA1 and BRCA2. To find out more, visit the HuGE Navigator