How the BRCA genes changed how we think about — and treat — cancer

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Last Posted: Oct 01, 2017

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• How the BRCA genes changed how we think about — and treat — cancer  
  M Rashkin, Helix, Aug 2017
• These moms have the BRCA gene mutation. Here’s how it affects their parenting.  
  Washington Post, Sep 30, 2017
• Breadth of Genetic Testing Selected by Patients at Risk of Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer.  
  Szender J Brian et al. International journal of gynecological cancer : official journal of the International Gynecological Cancer Society 2017 Sep
• Trends in utilization and costs of BRCA testing among women aged 18-64 years in the United States, 2003-2014.  
  Chen Zhuo et al. Genetics in medicine : official journal of the American College of Medical Genetics 2017 Sep
• Trends in utilization and costs of BRCA testing among women aged 18–64 years in the United States, 2003–2014  
  Z Chen et al Genetics in Medicine, Sep 21, 2017
• Mutations in context: implications of BRCA testing in diverse populations.  
  Felix Gabriela E S et al. Familial cancer 2017 Sep
• Oncologic Safety of Prophylactic Nipple-Sparing Mastectomy in a Population With BRCA Mutations: A Multi-institutional Study.  
  Jakub James W et al. JAMA surgery 2017 Sep
• When is a Little Breast Tissue Too Much?: Nipple-Sparing Risk-Reducing Mastectomy in BRCA Carriers.  
  Johnson Helen M et al. JAMA surgery 2017 Sep
• BRCA Genetic Testing and Receipt of Preventive Interventions Among Women Aged 18-64 Years with Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance in Nonmetropolitan and Metropolitan Areas - United States, 2009-2014
  K Kolor, MMWR Surveillance Summaries, Sep 7, 2017
• BRCA Genetic Testing and Receipt of Preventive Interventions Among Women Aged 18-64 Years with Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance in Nonmetropolitan and Metropolitan Areas - United States, 2009-2014.  
  Kolor Katherine et al. Morbidity and mortality weekly report. Surveillance summaries (Washington, D.C. : 2002) 2017 Sep 66(15) 1-11
• Geographic Gaps in BRCA Testing Rates Have Narrowed,  
  by Christina Mattina, AJMC, September 10, 2017
• Pancreatic Cancer Screening.  
  Das Koushik K et al. Current treatment options in gastroenterology 2017 Sep
• BRCA Genetic Testing and Receipt of Preventive Interventions Among Women Aged 18–64 Years with Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance in Nonmetropolitan and Metropolitan Areas — United States, 2009–2014
  K Kolor, MMWR Surveillance Summaries, Sep 7, 2017
• Committee Opinion No. 716 Summary: The Role of the Obstetrician-Gynecologist in the Early Detection of Epithelial Ovarian Cancer in Women at Average Risk.  
  et al. Obstetrics and gynecology 2017 Sep 130(3) 664-665
• Committee Opinion No. 716: The Role of the Obstetrician-Gynecologist in the Early Detection of Epithelial Ovarian Cancer in Women at Average Risk. 
  et al. Obstetrics and gynecology 2017 130(3) e146-e149
• Practice Bulletin No 182: Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer Syndrome.  
  et al. Obstetrics and gynecology 2017 130(3) e110-e126

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