Category: Patient

• You are Not To Blame

  You’ve just received your genetic testing results and no mutation was detected! What a relief to know that your risk for cancer is no greater than that of the average population.

• You Need to Know These: Signs and Symptoms of Breast Cancer

  My name is Tiana Adams, and I am a practicing Physician Assistant with 18 years of clinical experience.

• Colonoscopy: What to Expect, Plus a Few Tips

  Colonoscopy is central to the care plan for families with hereditary colorectal cancer (CRC) syndromes, as Georgia Hurst mentioned in her earlier post.

• What Does Cancer Feel Like?

  Cancer affects us in many ways and can be difficult to detect until symptoms appear causing us to see a doctor.  Many cancers grow inside of us and may take longer to detect.

• Adjusting to Frequent Colonoscopies

  I have Lynch syndrome and a strong family history of early onset colon cancer.

• What Healthcare Providers Learn from Their Patients

  When you go to an appointment with your healthcare provider, what do you expect? Information. Discussion. Compassion. Maybe a plan. And for good measure, a joke or two?

• Importance of Family History in Genetic Diagnosis

  We’ve all heard that genetics plays a big role in the development of cancer, including both your individual genetics and changes acquired over your lifetime, as well as the genetics of what may be running in your family.

• Apple Doesn’t Fall Far From The Family Tree

  My family history has played a huge part in the perception of cancer awareness from a number of facets.  The most notable way is the perception that colon cancer is an “old man’s disease.

• What did Cancer Teach Me?

  It might seem difficult to comprehend, but I think cancer taught me a number of profound life lessons that few people realize until it’s too late. I don’t think I stand alone in that thought.

• What Does a Family with Hereditary Cancer Look Like?

  It’s easy and natural to assume that if you have a family history of something, then that something may be genetic.