PPT-Breast Cancer Risk: Genes

and the Environment Note You will need to provide water and paper towels for participants Breast Cancer Risk Genes and the Environment Please complete the Participant Card 3. Raymond Kim. MD/PhD, FRCPC, FCCMG, FACMG. Medical Geneticist. Princess Margaret Cancer Centre. Outline. Genetic terminology and concepts. Hereditary cancers. When to consider. Genetics assessment. Surveillance. James Ford, MD and Nicki Chun, . MS, . LCGC. Cancer . Genetics Clinic. Stanford Cancer . Center. November 5, 2015. Breast/ Ovarian Cancer Syndrome. . Breast cancer diagnosed in 1/8- 1/0 women in US. Kristin . DePrince. Mattie, M.S.. Licensed / Certified Genetic Counselor. William G. Rohrer Cancer Genetics Program. Objectives. Describe . current approaches to genetic testing for hereditary cancer syndromes. Susan M. Domchek, MD. Basser Professor of Oncology. University of Pennsylvania . Sex. Age. Family . history. Depends on specific of family history. Depends on whether there is a k. nown . genetic . susceptibility. Generosa. . Grana. , MD. Professor, Cooper Medical School of Rowan University. Director, MD Anderson Cancer Center at Cooper. Overview. Factors that affect breast cancer risk. Tools to assess risk. Role of genetics in this process. For Fellows November 2016. American Cancer Society, 2015 Statistics. Risk Factors. Female. Age: median 57-62. Family history. Previous biopsies. Atypical changes. BRCA positive. Hormone replacement. Alcohol use. October 25,2017. Disclosures. None. Outline. Epidemiology. Risk Factors. Screening. Diagnosis. Treatment. Genetic testing. Research. Epidemiology. 2017 :estimated 252.710 new cases of invasive breast cancer in women. Caribbean Hematology Oncology Center. Cancer statistics, 2018. Cancer statistics, 2018, Volume: 68, Issue: 1, Pages: 7-30, First published: 04 January 2018, DOI: (10.3322/caac.21442) . Breast cancer statistics, 2015: Convergence of incidence rates between black and white women. Robert A. Somer, MD. Head, Medical Oncology and Hematology. Director, Office of Clinical Research. MD Anderson Cancer Center- Cooper. What is Cancer?. Official Definition: A malignant proliferation of cells that is a result of a . A few thoughts on cancer and cancer family syndromes Pamela McGrann, MD. Department of Medical Genetics Family cancer syndromes There are about 1.4 million new cancers diagnosed each year ~800,000 in men Edmund Tai, MD. Hematology/Oncology. PAMF. American Cancer Society Cancer Prevention . Study-II. Harvard . Nurses' Health Study (NHS. ). Hawaii-Los . Angeles Multiethnic . Cohort. Prostate. , Lung, Colorectal and Ovarian Cancer . Steven J. Katz MD MPH. Professor of Medicine and Health Management and Policy. University of Michigan . Allison Kurian MD M Sc.. Professor of Medicine and Medical Genetics . Stanford University . Guidelines 2019. Audience. : . GenEd. Biology . students. Linda Grisham, Massachusetts Bay Community College. Mark Maloney, Spelman College. Kim . Gernert. , Emory University . Inspired by the recent Angelina Jolie health . group. of diseases. . All forms of cancer cause cells in the body to change and grow out of control. . Most types of cancer cells form a lump or mass called a . tumor. . . The tumor can invade and destroy healthy tissue. Cells from the tumor can break away and travel to other parts of the body. There they can continue to grow. .