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In the fight against cancer, genes are key. Genetic tests, along with a patient’s lifestyle markers (diet, exercise, smoking), can clearly signal when pre-emptive strategies should be implemented. But unless genetic services, with their time-intensive data-gathering and expensive workforce, can be made more practical, physicians often skip the process altogether. CancerIQ's "cancer risk clinic in
12/06/2022
Trudy Orthey "learned she had a BRCA2 gene mutation after a family member’s cancer diagnosis ... [she] decided to have genetic testing and counseling, which confirmed that she had a BRCA2 mutation. Although she quickly decided to have preventive surgery, she was focused on helping her sister through cancer treatment and put off scheduling her own procedures."
A year later, Orthey underwent a prophylactic double mastectomy and oophorectomy, which revealed she had ovarian cancer.
Too many patients share this story – even those known to have actionable hereditary risk factors or genetic mutations, often delay, or never receive, the appropriate medical management changes to help them stay ahead of cancer.
Ovarian Cancer Survivor: Learning about BRCA Saved My Life Trudy Orthey says learning she carried a BRCA2 gene mutation saved her life. Thanks to the early diagnosis, her ovarian cancer treatment was successful.
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